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Surname
CRINGAN
Forename
James Roxburgh Dickson
Day
05
Month
11
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Pithead Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Carmacoup
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Kennox Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Glespin
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
5 November 1915: Fatal Accident at Muirkirk - Yesterday afternoon at Carmacoup Colliery, belonging to Kennon Coal Co [NB In Douglas District], a fatal accident occurred to James Cringan, pithead boy, residing at Jack's Buildings, Muirkirk. While at his work, Cringan was accidentally caught in the machinery, and was badly mutilated, death being instantaneous. [Scotsman 6 Nov 1915] Fatal Accident in a Douglas Colliery - The death of a lad named James Roxburgh Dickson Cringan, employed, as a coal cleaner at Kennox colliery, Douglas, was reported to the Lanark police yesterday. The boy, who was working at the coal-cleaning tables, came in contact with a pinion wheel, with the result that he was dragged into the spokes. He was dead when taken out. [Scotsman 9 November 1915]