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Surname
KING
Forename
James
Day
20
Month
12
Year
1922
Age
38
Occupation
Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Burnbank
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Burnbank & Grougar Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Galston
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
Falling from part way down – He pushed a loaded hutch into the shaft at a mid-inset, apparently under the impression that the cage was opposite. The hutch fell down the shaft a distance of about 70ft taking deceased with it. He had signalled the cage away a few minutes before the accident occurred.