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Surname
SMITH
Forename
Thomas
Day
17
Month
08
Year
1912
Age
40
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Killochan, No.2
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Killochan Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Dailly
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
Deceased and others were working in the bottom of the shaft, which was being deepened. The winding engineman, on taking a kettle of debris to the surface, mistook his mark on his drum, which mark was additional to that on the indicator dial, and took the kettle to the pulleys. The rope hose, which proved to be of bad design, gave way, and the kettle with debris fell to the bottom. Smith was struck by a falling stone, and so badly injured that he died three hours later.