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Surname
MITCHELL
Forename
James
Day
27
Month
08
Year
1904
Age
34
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Lochore
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochore
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased and ten others were at work in the bottom of a rectangular shaft 29ft. by 11ft. 6in. inside dimensions. The last 36 fathoms of the sinking had been in whinstone which had been blasted with gelignite. The barring through the whinstone consisted of pitch pine 3in. in thickness and extended practically to pit bottom. The lowest bunton was 36ft. above the bottom of the barring it having been considered necessary to keep the shaft clear for this distance to protect the buntons from the shots, and to allow of the slinging in and turning of the planks used for side bars. A large mass of whinstone suddenly slipped away from an irregular back on one side of the pit bursting through the lower 12ft. of the barring. Deceased was killed and six others were more or less seriously injured.