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Surname
KELLY
Forename
James
Day
02
Month
05
Year
1927
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Law, Nos 6 & 7 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Carluke
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Information from the Inspectors of Mines - 1927: Underground Haulage Accident: At Law 6/7 Colliery, Lanarkshire, on 2nd May, on a short steep road dipping 1 in 2 1/4, the man in charge at the top was about to have lowered by direct haulage a rake of two tubs, one empty and the other full, of timber. There was the usual stop block on the flat landing, and he opened this and pushed the tubs over the brow. Whether he forgot to couple the one tub to the other was not discovered; the coupling may have fallen out. In any event, the tub ran away and caught and killed the bencher about 70 yards down the dip. There was no runaway switch or other similar contrivance provided. Even if one or other of the simply made double stop blocks had been fitted this accident would have been prevented.