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Surname
STEWART
Forename
Robert
Day
06
Month
01
Year
1927
Age
16
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Windyedge Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Caprington & Auchlochan Collieries Ltd
Location
Kilmarnock
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
6 January 1927: Two Miners Killed – Ayrshire Accident - A pit accident, involving the deaths of two miners and injuries to two others, occurred at Windyedge Pit, situated between Gatehead and Crosshouse, Ayrshire, early yesterday afternoon. Six men were engaged in clearing a fall which had occurred the previous night, when another fall took place. The roof was of freestone, and there was not the slightest warning of impending disaster. An enormously heavy fall occurred just where the men were working, and the middle four were buried under the debris. Volunteers at once rushed to the scene, but it was several hours before the rescue work was completed. John Gilmour, fifty-two years of age, residing in Douglas Street, Kilmarnock, and Robert Stewart, sixteen years, residing in M'Christie's Land, Crosshouse, were both killed. John Davidson and Daniel Coffey, both residing in High Street, Kilmarnock, sustained severe injuries, and were removed to Kilmarnock Infirmary. There is good hope of their recovery. John Fulton and Archie M'Christy, Crosshouse, had very narrow escapes. [Scotsman 7 January 1927]