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Surname
SNEDDON
Forename
William
Day
11
Month
07
Year
1932
Age
41
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Polmaise, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Stirling
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
11 July 1932: Killed In Stirling Pit - A Cambusbarron man, William Sneddon (41) repairer, 32 North End, was instantaneously killed in No.1 pit, Millhall [Polmaise] colliery, Stirling, yesterday morning. Sneddon was engaged at his work repairing the roof of the main haulage road when he was buried by a fall from the roof. The weight of the fall was between one and two tons, and Sneddon when extricated was found to be dead. [Scotsman 12 July 1932] Falls of Roof and Sides on Roads - At Polmaise 1/2 Colliery, Stirlingshire, on July 11, a repairer was standing aside whilst his mate was preparing to set an additional wooden bar to support the roof on a cross measure drift in the shaft pillar, when an old larch bar broke, without warning, and fell across the repairer's neck, killing him instantly. A small fall had occurred recently, but there was very little stone resting on the bar, which had been set for several years, and was dazed. The occurrence was totally unexpected, and, having regard to the more or less rapid deterioration in the strength of timber, it points to the superiority of steel roof supports, especially on permanent roads. [From Inspector of Mines Report for 1932]