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Surname
DURNEY
Forename
John
Day
18
Month
04
Year
1925
Age
Occupation
Roadsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Robroyston
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Watson Ltd
Location
Barmulloch
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Fall of roof while he was examining the haulage road. Information from the Mines Inspector's report - 1925: Roof fall At Robroyston Colliery, Lanark, a rake of seven full hutches ran down an endless rope haulage road dipping 1 in 5, got off the rails, and knocked out the legs from under the roof girders on one side of the road, letting down a fall of roof. The place was shortly afterwards examined by the Manager and the fireman, and a roadsman was ordered to set fresh legs under the girders and to clear up the fall. He was warned both by the Manager and the fireman that there was a dangerous loose stone resting on one girder and was told to watch it carefully. The Manager went away to send further help to the roadsman. The latter almost immediately went over the fall to examine, when the girder reeled over, letting down the stone which pinned him to the ground and killed him. Had deceased obeyed instructions and not approached this stone until he had repaired the other part of the roof, this accident would not have happened.