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Surname
CONNOR
Forename
James
Day
27
Month
11
Year
1900
Age
19
Occupation
Pit Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Hattonrigg, No.4 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee & Mossend Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
Location
Bellshill
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Having raised a “kettle” of debris to the surface and stopped it at the scaffold, the engineman, without reversing the lever, put on steam suddenly. The kettle was carried up to the pulley, and a coupling link giving way, it fell down the shaft in the bottom of which five men were working, and killed the deceased. This was the engineman's first shift at the pit. The engineman on duty the previous shift was beside him to see that he could work the engine properly.