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Surname
MOODIE
Forename
Forbes
Day
07
Month
10
Year
1903
Age
42
Occupation
Roadsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Michael
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Weymss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
East Wemyss
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased had visited a section to the rise and was proceeding down the incline when a loaded tub ran away from the top, and before it had gone very far it left the rails and the contents were showered down the roadway and a piece of coal struck him on the head when found he was 24 feet below the tub. The injury was thought to be slight but he subsequently died from the effect on 26th January, 1904. A good set of blocks was provided at top but it appears the wheeler either neglected to put it in or had insufficiently fixed it and on brining the tub forward it ran over the brae.