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Surname
FERGUSON
Forename
Archibald
Day
15
Month
06
Year
1913
Age
32
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Bourtreehill Capringstone, No.7
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bourtreehill Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Dreghorn
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
The deceased had been working in the shaft, and when ascending at the end of his shift the cage ran away to the bottom, owing to the drum coming loose from its, fastenings on the drum shaft. When found some 20 minutes later life was extinct. Another fireman was with him in the cage at the time and received serious injuries. There was no brake attached to the drum shaft, contrary to Section 40(10) of tie Coal Mines, Act, 1911.