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Surname
PATON
Forename
John
Day
30
Month
09
Year
1927
Age
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchincruive, Nos 4 & 5 Pits
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Prestwick
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
Information from the Inspectors of Mines - 1927: Suffocation by natural gases: At Auchincruive 4/5 Colliery, Ayrshire, on 30th September, a fall had broken down the air tubes by which a temporarily disused rising drift was ventilated. The fireman sent two repairers to clear the fall so that the tubes could be repaired, and instructed them not to go beyond the fall because of the presence of gas. About 2 1/2 hours later the fireman found them overcome about 35 yards beyond the fall. They had electric safety lamps and one flame safety lamp. Before they were got out one of the men was dead. If they had obeyed their instructions the accident would not happened.