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Surname
McGILLVRAY
Forename
George
Day
24
Month
07
Year
1907
Age
44
Occupation
Shaftsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Michael
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Weymss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
East Wemyss
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased and his neighbour descended the shaft about 4.30am. and went into the dip side to examine the pumps, and after doing so they came back and found the dip cage in the bottom; deceased made to cross on to the cage at end of the shaft and just as he did so the cage was raised and he was taken up to a bunton 8 feet above and fatally crushed. After deceased and his neighbour descended several cages had been run conveying the firemen and the cage on which deceased stepped had been signalled away in this usual way unknown to deceased. It was clearly the duty of deceased to signal before he stepped on to the cage.