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Surname
CAIRNEY
Forename
Daniel
Day
13
Month
02
Year
1908
Age
31
Occupation
Assistant machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairadam
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
The dook section of the Dunfermline Splint coal was holed by a coal cutting machine, and the run was about 100 yards in length the cutting being done in the back shift as usual and the deceased men had charge of the operations. At the time of the accident the machine was nearing the top end of the run when the roof suddenly collapsed burying the men. The fall was very large and bad broken along the face for a distance of 36 ft. and over to the waste for at least 18ft. and its average thickness was 5ft. to 2ft. next the coal face. The stone which was one solid mass, except a small detached portion at the top end, sat down on the wood pillars and threw out the props. The roof was sandstone of a strong nature and had evidently taken a sudden break. 2 killed.