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- Surname
- MUIR
- Forename
- James
- Day
- 01
- Month
- 12
- Year
- 1923
- Age
- Occupation
- Attendant
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Bank, No.1 Pit
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- New Cumnock Collieries Ltd
- Location
- New Cumnock
- County
- Ayrshire
- Details of Event
- 1 December 1923: Fatal Accident at an Ayrshire Pit - A fatal accident occurred at the newly erected screening plant of the New Cumnock Collieries at Bank No.1 Pit on Saturday. James Muir, attendant, son of Mr Alex. Muir, Path Head while in the course of his duties, was accidentally caught by the machinery and killed instantaneously. [Scotsman 3 December 1923]
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