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Surname
MUIR
Forename
John
Day
20
Month
02
Year
1911
Age
45
Occupation
Oversman
Mine/Quarry Name
Craighead, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Bothwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
The coal is dropped from the Main Coal to the Splint Coal Seam, a distance of it 16 fathoms in a shaft in cages, the weight of the coal and hutch descending raises the empty hutch and ascending cage. Deceased got into a hutch for the purpose of examining the shaft, and when the cage was about 18 inches from the top, the rope broke, and he, the hutch and the cage fell to the bottom, and he was killed instantly. The rope, which outwardly appeared to be in good condition, was internally much corroded it broke at the top of the hose, where the water, running down the rope, collected and penetrated the strands.