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Surname
NK
Forename
NK
Day
NK
Month
08
Year
1925
Age
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Knownoblehill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Cleland
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Information from the Inspectors of Mines - 1925: Roof fall At Knownoblehill Colliery, Lanark, a brusher was stowing the debris from a shot into the face pack when a fall of roof 8 ft. 6 in. long, 3 ft. 8 in. wide, and 15 in. thick, buried him and killed him almost instantaneously. The roof was heavy owing to a sudden increase in thickness of the "falling" above the coal. A piece of this fell from between two weight breaks. Trees were set every two feet under the bad roof but no straps were used.