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Surname
LYNCH
Forename
James
Day
08
Month
12
Year
1913
Age
28
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Balgonie, Julian Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Balgonie Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Thornton
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
He was about to run his hutch on a cut-chain brae when the drawer at the bench above ran his hutch out on the brae, and, losing control of it, allowed it to run down the brae. Deceased was crushed between this hutch and the hutch He was preparing to run. He died about 9 hours later. The other drawer alleged that his block was properly set on the side road, and he did not know he was so near the brae. Both statements are hard to believe, as he passed through a screen only 7 yards from the side of the brae, and tests showed it was not possible to set the block in any way so that it would fail to stop the hutch.