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Surname
MAIR
Forename
William
Day
12
Month
12
Year
1927
Age
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Dumbreck
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Kilsyth
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
Information from the Mines Inspector's Report - 1927: Falls of roof: At Dumbreck Colliery, Stirling, on 12th December, when a coal cutting machine was being restarted after a short stop, and when one of the attendants was just in front of the machine, a part of the sandstone roof fell and killed him. A timberman had adjusted the supports ahead of the machine and had possibly disturbed the roof. The timber supports were a mixture of round props with or without lids, and round crown trees. Such supports are bad on any working with a continual movement, and on such a face half round crowns systematically and properly set with a prop at each end, or with the face end needled into the coal and a prop at the waste end, are what should be used.