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Surname
BURNS
Forename
Andrew
Day
30
Month
08
Year
1927
Age
19
Occupation
Haulage Man
Mine/Quarry Name
Fauldhead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sanquhar & Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd
Location
Kirkconnel
County
Dumfriesshire
Details of Event
30 August 1927: Young Miner Killed at Kirkconnel - A distressing accident occurred in Fauldhead Colliery, Kirkconnel, yesterday, whereby Andrew Burns, aged 19, who resided at Eliock Place, Kellobank, lost his life. He was employed as an underground haulage man, and while his haulage was in motion he got caught by the rope, was whirled round the drum, and sustained a fractured skull, besides terrible body injuries. He died on the way to the surface. [Scotsman 31 August 1927]