Full Details
- Surname
- BUCHANAN
- Forename
- James
- Day
- 08
- Month
- 11
- Year
- 1905
- Age
- 39
- Occupation
- Quarryman
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Closeburn Quarry
- Mineral Worked
- Sandstone
- Owner
- Scottish Freestone Quarries Ltd
- Location
- Closeburn
- County
- Dumfriesshire
- Details of Event
- He was dressing a stone on the bank and failed to stand clear while a large stone was being shifted by a crane. The jib rope broke and the jib fell on him.
