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Surname
BELL
Forename
Thomas
Day
03
Month
09
Year
1910
Age
58
Occupation
Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Glencraig
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Nine men, including the deceased, were being raised to the surface in the top deck of a two-decked cage from the Lochgelly splint seam, when the cage, instead of being stopped at the proper landing place, was taken up to the pulley wheel. Eight of the men jumped out on to the corrugated iron roof of the pit head, and the deceased also attempted to do so, but was caught between the floor of the top deck of the cage and the roof of the pit head and instantly killed. The cause of the accident was that the indicator of the winding engine, on which the engineman depended for knowing the position of the cages in the shaft, did not show it correctly this was due to the bolts in the standards having been loosened, and while in this condition the engineman improperly ran the engine.