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Surname
LINDSAY
Forename
Samuel
Day
14
Month
01
Year
1922
Age
36
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Canonbie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Canonbie Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Canonbie
County
Dumfriesshire
Details of Event
Haulage Accidents (b) Run over or crushed by trams or tubs – Deceased was the hanger-on at the foot of a self-act brae with a gradient of 1 in 4 1/2. The cut-rope method of haulage was in use for four benches. A full tub ran away from No 1 bench owing to the rope having been cut at No. 4 bench. Deceased was crushed by the full tub and died about two and a half hours later. The organisation was defective and no method was in operation of securely holding the cut portion of the rope.