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Surname
MORRISON
Forename
William
Day
26
Month
05
Year
1925
Age
16
Occupation
Hanger-on
Mine/Quarry Name
Bowhill, No.2 Shaft
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Auchterderran
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
26 May 1925: Fatal Accident At Bowhill Colliery – A young lad named William Morrison, who resided with his parents at 17 Fifth Street, Bowhill, met his death at Bowhill No.2 Pit on Tuesday. He was employed in the morning, at the foot of a dook, acting as a hanger-on, when he got jammed by some hutches, and so severely bruised about the upper part of the body, especially about the neck, that it would appear that he had been asphyxiated. Dr Walker descended the pit and the polmotor was put in operation, but without success. No one was close by when the accident happened. Deceased was only about 16 years of age, but had been in the pit for a time. [Dunfermline Journal 30 May 1925] Inspector of Mines' Report - 1925: Underground Haulage Accident Three haulage fatalities occurred at Bowhill Colliery, Fife. In the second case a boy was presumably clearing the rail in front of a rake of seven tubs when it was bumped forward by a second rake entering the siding and the boy was trapped by the neck between a tub and a prop. There was very little room in the siding for even a boy to keep out of danger.