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Surname
ROSS
Forename
James
Day
NK
Month
08
Year
1924
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Cronberry Moor
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Auchinleck
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
August 1928: Muirkirk Pithead Accident - Whilst at work at the erection of the new washing plant at Cronberry Moor Pit, belonging to William Baird & Co Ltd, James Ross, residing at Hunters Buildings. Muirkirk, accidentally fell from a scaffold a distance of about 25 feet. He was unconscious when picked up and after medical attention was removed home in the ambulance waggon suffering from severe injuries about the lower part of the body. [Scotsman 16 Aug 1928]