Full Details
- Surname
- HIGHLAND
- Forename
- John
- Day
- 17
- Month
- 04
- Year
- 1905
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Sinker
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Craig, No.1 Pit
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- William Baird & Co. Ltd
- Location
- Dreghorn
- County
- Ayrshire
- Details of Event
- A shot of gelignite in a sinking pit with too short a fuse went off just as he was being lifted in the kettle and he fell out. Other four shots went off on him.
