Full Details

Surname

THIRLWELL

Forename

John

Day

19

Month

06

Year

1937

Age

26

Occupation

Miner

Mine/Quarry Name

Gateside

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Bairds & Scottish Steel Ltd

Location

Kirkconnel

County

Dumfriesshire

Details of Event

19 June 1937: At Gateside Colliery, Sanquhar on Saturday forenoon, John Thirlwell, aged 26, who resided at Church Road, Sanquhar, was fatally injured by a fall of stone. He was working in Whitehill section of the colliery, at the coalface, and a large stone fell from the roof and knocked him to the ground. His neck was broken, and he died within a few minutes. The men employed at the colliery are to remain idle to-day as a mark of respect to their late comrade. [Scotsman 21 June 1937]