New Search

Return to Search Results

Full Details

Surname
SKINNER
Forename
William
Day
20
Month
01
Year
1926
Age
54
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Donibristle, No.15 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Donibristle
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
20 January 1926: Fife Pit Fatality - William Skinner, miner, 54 years of age, who resided at 165 Broad Street, Cowdenbeath, lost his life in the Lochgelly splint seam of No.15 Pit, Donibristle Colliery yesterday morning through being buried beneath a heavy fall of coal. Deceased leaves a widow and son. [Scotsman 21 January 1926] Information from the Mines Inspector's Report - 1926: Roof fall - At Donibristle No. 15 Colliery, Fife, repairs were being carried out at the junction of two roads when the carrying crown broke and seven other crown trees resting on it (with some broken material above) fell and one of the repairers was injured fatally. The working of an adjacent seam had brought a crush on the place and there were some grounds for believing that tubs had disturbed the props supporting the carrying crown tree. An ample supply of temporary props should have been set in the first instance, but at no junction should a main carrying crown tree rest on props, for sooner or later tubs get off the rails at the curve and strike the props. Steel girders should be used as carrying crowns and they should rest on pillars, not on props.