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Surname
BOLAN
Forename
Patrick
Day
09
Month
09
Year
1904
Age
49
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Lochgelly
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
A circular shaft formerly in use was reopened and to do the necessary repairs a scaffold two feet lees in diameter than the shaft was requisitioned. The scaffold was suspended with chains at corner and two winding parallel ropes were used and while travelling in the shaft four guide ropes kept it in position. The material was conveyed in tubs fixed on the suspension chain. Deceased and another workman ware being raised at the end of their shift along with a tub which they did not fix and on the way up the tub began to move and deceased in endeavouring to steady it went too near the edge which caused the scaffold to cant and he and tub were precipitated to the bottom a distance of about 40 fathoms.