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Surname
BUTLER
Forename
Matthew
Day
19
Month
04
Year
1927
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Kinglassie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kinglassie
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
At Kinglassie Colliery, Fife, on 19th April, in a seam 3ft. Thick with a strong sandstone roof, a miner was shovelling coal cut by a machine into a conveyor when a fall of roof, 16 ft. long by 1 ft. 6 in. wide and 1 ft. 6 in. high, took place from between the last row of props and the face and killed him. No timber was displaced by the fall. The roof was closely propped because the sandstone was of a lypey nature. Had straps been used with the props this accident would have been prevented, and this is the lesson from the accident.