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Surname
CAMPBELL
Forename
Richard
Day
03
Month
07
Year
1941
Age
Occupation
Packer
Mine/Quarry Name
Plean, No.5 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Plean Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Bannockburn
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
3 July 1941: Plean Miner Killed By Heavy Stone - Went to Rescue of a Comrade - David Laird, miner, 147 Red Row, Plean, lost his life in No.5 Pit, Plean Colliery, when he went to the assistance of a colleague who had been pinned by a stone which fell from the roof. Laird, Richard Campbell, 4 Red Row, and Robert Herriot, all of Plean, were engaged working as packers in the 20-inch section when a stone fell from the roof and pinned Campbell by the foot. Campbell shouted for help, and Laird and Herriot ran to his assistance. While they were engaged in clearing the debris from Campbell another stone, weighing about two tons, also came away from the roof, and pinned all three men. On rescue parties arriving, Campbell and Herriot were extricated, but Laird was found to be dead. Herriot, who was suffering from severe crushing injuries, was taken to Stirling Royal Infirmary, while Campbell was taken home suffering from an injury to the foot. [Scotsman 5 July 1941]