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Surname
GREIG
Forename
James
Day
15
Month
02
Year
1922
Age
18
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Wellesley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Methil
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
15 February 1922: Fatal Accident At Fife Colliery - James Greig (18), son of Mr David Greig, Durie Broom, Leven, was yesterday fatally injured by a hutch, in the Wellesley Colliery of the Wemyss Coal Company. He was employed as a drawer, and had just recently restarted work. [Scotsman 16 February 1922] Haulage Accidents (b) Run over or crushed by trams or tubs – He was taking a tub up a slightly inclined road by means of a screw clip attached to an endless rope. When he reached the top he was in the act of releasing the clip when his head was crushed between his own tub and one standing on the rails a few yards beyond the top. Death was instantaneous.