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Surname
FORSYTH
Forename
Hugh
Day
08
Month
06
Year
1906
Age
29
Occupation
Coal cutter
Mine/Quarry Name
Carberry
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Whitecraig
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
A coal cutting machine of the disc type was in use, and the length of the run was 120 yards on an inclination of 1 in 3. In order that the machine should feed itself while cutting, a rope goes round a pulley fixed to a prop by a gabby and chain, one end of the rope is attached to the machine and the other end winds round a drum on the machine. Deceased, as leading man, was in front of the machine and while it was cutting to the rise the gabby broke and pulley name down with terrific force and striking his head fractured his skull. The gabby was made of best iron 1.75in diameter, and did not appear to be defective.