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Surname
WELSH
Forename
John
Day
13
Month
11
Year
1903
Age
14
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Michael
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
East Wemyss
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
A fall took place on a cut chain brae and while it was being cleared deceased and some other drawers were sent up the brae to be out of harms way. At the top were two loaded tubs one on the left-hand side near the heading face and one on the right hand side at the top branch to which the chain was attached. To clear the fall three miners who worked in the section hauled up an empty tub from the foot of the brae with the chain attached when the tub was filled they put snibbles in the wheels to lower it down but it overpowered them and when it reached the bottom the sudden jerk on the chain caused the wheel tree at top to break and it struck the tub on left-hand side causing it to run away which struck deceased as it passed him. The tub which ran away had its top wheels over the rail ends, but no snibbles were in the wheels nor was there a rance behind. The brae was 116 yards long with an average gradient of 1 in 5.