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Surname
FERGUSON
Forename
John
Day
24
Month
01
Year
1925
Age
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Canderside
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
Location
Stonehouse
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
24 January 1925: Dalserf Pit Accident – One Killed and Two Injured - A serious accident occurred on Saturday in Canderside Colliery, Dalserf, belonging to Jas. Nimmo & Co. (Limited). While engaged in the work of back-brushing a haulage road, three men were caught by a large fall of stone from the roof. The debris having been removed, it was found that John Ferguson, brusher, residing at 17 Muir Street, Larkhall, was dead, and that Matthew Dickie, 18 years, son of Robt. Dickie, miner, Queen Street, Stonehouse, had had his right leg broken and received severe injuries to his back. Patrick Hughes (17) residing with his parents at Lockhart Place, Stonehouse, received injuries to his head, and suffered severely from shock. After receiving medical attention at the colliery, Dickie was removed to the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, and Hughes was conveyed to his home. Ferguson was a married man, and leaves a widow and two young children. [The Scotsman 26 January 1925] Information from the Inspector of Mines' Report - 1925: Roof fall At Canderside Colliery, Lanark, a brusher was killed by a fall of while he was working at brushing the floor of a main road. He had removed the roof supports, fired a shot and continued to work under this portion of the roof, after being warned that it unsafe, without securing it in anyway. This accident demonstrates that attention to safety should take precedence of other work. Deceased should have secured the roof first, and the brushing could have waited until he had done so.