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Surname
BREMNER
Forename
Alexande
Day
19
Month
05
Year
1906
Age
34
Occupation
Engineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumphinnans
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
The shaft of No.1 Pit was being enlarged and as the work progressed the pumps, pipes, &c. were removed. For the purpose of raising the parts a steam crab was used with hawser, and at the time of accident it was arranged to draw the foot rod of the lower ram of pump at 102 fathoms down during the breakfast hour when no one was in the shaft. Accordingly steam was applied to the crab, when the working and the idle gear wheels broke, and the pieces flew in all directions, some of which truck deceased. The strain on the machine was too great as beside the weight of the foot rod, the cross-rods, rods, etc., under, had, by an overlook, not been detached from the foot rod.