Full Details
- Surname
- RANKINE
- Forename
- John
- Day
- 29
- Month
- 12
- Year
- 1912
- Age
- 31
- Occupation
- Pitwright
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Wellesley
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
- Location
- Methill
- County
- Fifeshire
- Details of Event
- He had been cleaning out a siphon it, the shaft, and was stepping from a narrow batten on to the cage when he took a false step, and fell 20 fathoms to the bottom of the shaft.
