New Search

Return to Search Results

Full Details

Surname
THOMSON
Forename
David
Day
14
Month
02
Year
1928
Age
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Muiredge
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Buckhaven
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
2 March 1928: Fatal Accident Inquiry At Kirkcaldy - Formal Verdict Returned. - An inquiry at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court to-day before Sheriff Dudley Stuart and a jury. In connection with the death of David Thomson, pit repairer, 195 Denbeath, Methil, who was crushed between two hutches in Muiredge Colliery, Buckhaven, on 14th February. Henry Reid, manager of the colliery, explained that deceased was warned not to go across the brae as the hutches were running. There was also a notice posted forbidding the men to cross the brae while the hutches were running. A full hutch coming down was pulling an empty hutch going up. The empty hutch at a bend caught on to the wall and this obstruction put greater strain on to the chain than usual. The chain broke. The empty hutch going up. The empty hutch standing hutch at the foot. Donald Fraser, hanger-on at the colliery, said he cried out to Thomson that the hutches were running and not to cross the brae. Thomson was the act of crossing the brae, however, when he (witness) heard the chain break and gave him a shout. Thomson made a rush but it was too late. In both cases a formal verdict was returned. [Evening Telegraph 23 March 1928]