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Surname
FERGUSON
Forename
John
Day
25
Month
04
Year
1929
Age
Occupation
Loco Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Pennyvenie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dalmellington Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Dalmellington
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
25 April 1929: Engine Overturns - Two Ayrshire Men Killed - Two workmen in the employment of the Dalmellington Iron Company were killed under somewhat extraordinary circumstances near the Company's works at Waterside, South Ayrshire, yesterday afternoon. The Company own two branches of railway lines which converge upon their premises and bring coal from Pennyvenie and Craigmark mines. It is not definitely established how the accident occurred, but it is believed that at a place known as the Cutler siding someone got down from the engine of a train, with the object of altering the points, and it is supposed that the man was not in time to do so. The train was conveying' the last consignment of coal for the day from Pennyvenie, the load being over 200 tons. From whatever cause, the engine toppled over, and John Ferguson, the driver, and a man named David M'Gill, who was on the engine at the time, were crushed and killed. Both men were married, and the former resided at Longrow, Waterside, while the latter lived on the Company's premises. M'Gill was a pitheadman employed at Beoch mine, and he was returning home after his day's work. [Scotsman 26 April 1929]