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Surname
MITCHELL
Forename
William
Day
21
Month
01
Year
1926
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Kippsbyre
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Watson Ltd
Location
Airdrie
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Information from the Inspectors of Mines - 1926: Roof fall: At Kippsbyre Colliery, Lanark,a brushing shot had been fired in a road in a longwall working and the brusher was stowing the material into the packs when a stone fell from between two roof breaks 3ft. 6 in. apart running parallel to the coal face, the side of the brushing forming a loose end to the stone. Before the shot a row of breaker props with lids had been set along the side of the brushing but some of these props had been removed after the shot had been fired to give room for casting the dirt into the waste. If, when timbering for the shot, a strap had been set on each side of the roadway parallel to the edge of it, then the props which required to be removed could have been taken away without disturbing the strap, or the main support of the roof.