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Surname
MacKENZIE
Forename
John
Day
10
Month
09
Year
1932
Age
68
Occupation
Colliery pump man
Mine/Quarry Name
Glencraig, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
10 September 1932: Pit Fatalities In Fife - Dunfermline Court Inquiry - Four Mining Accidents - Four pit fatalities in West Fife were the subject of inquiries before Sheriff Umpherston at Dunfermline to-day. One of the victims was a 68-year-old man, John Mackenzie, colliery pump man, Flockhouse Cottage, Lochore. Mackenzie died in Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital on 10th September from injuries received in No.1 Pit, Glencraig Colliery, on 8th September. He was struck by a race of hutches. Archibald Kerr, underground fireman, 31 Zetland Place, Lochgelly, said he heard a signal from a motorman indicating that the hutches had gone off the rails, and in going up to put them on the rails again he found Mackenzie badly hurt. He said that he had been in a hurry and had not heard the hutches coming down and had been run into. Witness agreed that he was a little deaf. Power To Use Signals - In answer to Mr R. J. Waugsh, the fiscal, witness said that deceased had been repeatedly warned to be very careful. He was allowed to travel on the roads, but had the power to use the signals to stop and start the brakes on the haulage roads. James Dick, overman, 1 Manse Road, Lochgelly, said Mackenzie's successor could not possibly come by his death in the same way. Travelling up the dook when the haulage was running was absolutely stopped. Advising a formal verdict, Sheriff Umpherston said they might add that Mackenzie's death was due to travelling the haulage road when the haulage was motion. That was not blaming him at all, it was merely drawing attention to the danger of such thing. [Evening Telegraph 20 October 1932]