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Surname
DUNCAN
Forename
Alexander
Day
19
Month
04
Year
1927
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Lady Ha' Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Kilwinning
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
19 April 1927: Ayrshire Miner Killed - A miner named Alexander Duncan, who resided at Carsehill, Kilwinning, was accidentally killed while at work in the Lady Ha Pit, Kilwinning, yesterday. Deceased was engaged along with his brother in clearing away a fall when he was crushed by two large stones which unexpectedly came away from the roof. He succumbed shortly after being conveyed to the surface. [Scotsman 20 April 1927] Information from the Mines Inspector’s Report - 1927: Falls of roof At Ladyha' Colliery, Ayrshire, on 19th April, when several miners were clearing a fall, on which they had been engaged for three weeks, a further fall took place and one man was killed. The road had been supported by fresh timber as the clearing proceeded, but about 15 ft. still remained without any support or covering, and the height to which the roof had fallen was 25 ft, at that point: the man who was killed and another had to work 8 ft. in advance of any timber. The men ought not to have been allowed to work in advance of protection as they were. In any case, only experienced repairers should have been engaged instead of miners, who were well enough used to face work but not experienced in such road repairing work.