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Surname
WELSH
Forename
Michael
Day
09
Month
01
Year
1924
Age
Occupation
Pit Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Kinneil, No.3 Pit (Snab Pit)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Kinniel Cannel & Coking Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bo’ness
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
9 January 1924: Pit-Sinker's Fatal Fall Down Shaft at Bo'ness – About midnight on Wednesday a fatal accident occurred at No.3 Pit, Snab, belonging to Kinneil Cannel and Coking Company (Ltd.), who are engaged in developing works. Sinking operations are in progress at what was formerly an air shaft Michael Welsh, pit-sinker, was raised to the surface on a special errand, and, wishing to descend again he signalled to the engineman to lower him. He had not gone far, when the kettle broke loose and crashed to the pit bottom, a distance of 200 feet. Welsh was killed instantaneously. He was a native of Ireland and had gone from Coatbridge to Bo'ness just a day or two previously to start work. [Scotsman 11 January 1924]