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Surname
JOHNSTONE
Forename
William
Day
02
Month
10
Year
1925
Age
31
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Polmaise, Nos 1 & 2 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Stirling
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
2 October 1925: Polmaise Pit Fatality - A fatal accident occurred yesterday morning in No.3 Pit, Polmaise Colliery, near Stirling, the victim being William Johnstone (31) brusher, Whins of Milton. Johnstone had not been long at work when there was a fall of two tons from the roof. He was pinned under the debris, and when extricated was found to be dead. [The Scotsman 3 October 1925] Information from the Mines Inspector's Report - 1925: Roof fall At Polmaise 1/2 Colliery, Stirling, a miner was working off the coal at a nose when a stone 8 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 2 ft. thick, fell on to him from a lype running parallel to the face. A row of props next the face, set under the edge of the stone, was reeled out owing to the greater part of the stone and the lype being on the waste side of the props. The roof was very lypey and, if straps, which were available, had been set instead of single props, the accident might not have occurred.