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Surname
ANGUS
Forename
John
Day
26
Month
01
Year
1925
Age
64
Occupation
Pitworker
Mine/Quarry Name
East Plean, No.4 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Plean Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Bannockburn
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
26 January 1925: Fatal Accident in Bannockburn Mine - An accident occurred in No.4 Pit, Bannockburn Colliery, near Stirling, yesterday morning, resulting in the death of John Angus (62), pitworker Craigford, Bannockburn. Angus and several other men were riding on hutches in the Home Dook section, when the leading hutch ran against an obstruction and threw deceased and John Findlay (64), pitworker, Main Street, East Plean, out on to the road. Angus was pinned against the side of the road, and died in a few minutes, while Findlay also received injuries, and-was attended to at his home. [The Scotsman 27 January 1925] Information from the Inspectors of Mines - 1925: Underground Haulage Accident At East Plean Colliery, Stirling, a pumper and nine other workmen were riding to the pit bottom on a train of tubs, without permission, when the tubs left the track the pumper was thrown out of the tub and so crushed about the ribs and head that he expired in a few minutes.