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Surname
GRAHAM
Forename
Andrew
Day
26
Month
12
Year
1900
Age
30
Occupation
Shaftsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumphinnans
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
By a mistake on the part of the bottomer signalling before the tubs were properly fixed the cage was raised and firmly held at the door heads 12ft. up. Deceased and two other workmen were sent to release it a slide was cut and the guides of the cage were loosened and he and one of the others went under the cage to ease it when it slipped away suddenly on to cage seat and he was fatally crushed beneath it the other man escaped injury. The rope did not appear to be taut. Only one cage was in use. The engineman stated the brake was not sufficiently powerful to keep the loaded cage in position when near the pit bottoms.