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Surname
CUNNINGHAM
Forename
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Day
10
Month
11
Year
1931
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Fauldhead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sanquhar & Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd
Location
Kirkconnel
County
Dumfriesshire
Details of Event
10 November 1931: Miner Crushed By The Pit Cage - When the miners in Fauldhead Colliery, Kirkconnel, were about to ascend the pit yesterday afternoon, a painful sensation was created in the pit-bottom when a rake of hutches came rushing in, having run away. A man named Cunningham miner, Kellaholm, was among the crowd, and he dashed under the shaft. A cage was descending at the time conveying sixteen men for the afternoon shift, and Cunningham was caught. Someone touched the bell in a frantic effort to stop the cage. Its speed slackened, but it gripped him, and when extricated it was discovered that he was alive, having had a miraculous escape. Hopes are entertained of his recovery. [Scotsman 11 November 1931]