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Surname
OGILVIE
Forename
James
Day
17
Month
07
Year
1903
Age
34
Occupation
Pump Attendant
Mine/Quarry Name
Lochore
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochore
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased was employed to attend a pump situated 25 fathoms from the surface and 16 fathoms from the bottom of a sinking shaft. Several sinkers descended the shaft in a kettle and at the pump a halt was made to set down deceased's neighbour and to pick him up and the kettle then proceeded to the bottom and on arriving there all left the kettle except deceased who remained on to be raised to the surface. At the steadying mark the kettle was pushed aside to one side to allow another pump attendant to board it and he missed it and thus caused the kettle to oscillate, and he having hold of the signal pulled it down as he fell the kettle was raised and when 5 fathoms up it caught on a bunton and deceased was thrown out.