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Deceased appeared to have been on the moving waggons, and in jumping down to regulate the speed by the brakes he stumbled and fell and waggon crushed him.

In stocking coal on the "bing" an incline plane was in use, the loaded tub in descending pulling up the empty; a loaded tub
was ready to descend, and it was pushed away without the hook of the rope being attached, the result being that it ran
away, and on reaching the bottom of incline it struck an electric pole, throwing it down, and in its fall it struck deceased.
Deceased was emptying dross from a waggon into the boiler fire-hole, and while doing so another workman allowed a waggon
to come down towards the one in which he was, and, seeing that there was likely to be a collision, he jumped and fell across
the rails, the waggons running over him. He died eight hours later.

Deceased left his work and crossed some lines of rails for some purpose, and while passing under the waggons on the through
line a locomotive engine belonging to the North British Railway Company pushed a train against those standing, and they
moved forward and ran over him.
Deceased was engaged on shunting operations in the colliery sidings, and while putting down the brakes of the waggons he fell
among the wheels, and the moving train passed over him.

Deceased was on the colliery engine moving a train of loaded waggons across the weighbridge, when an engine and van
belonging to the North British Railway Company came in to lift a train load of waggons for shipment, which stood on
another line; by a mistake the wrong points were opened and this engine crashed into the colliery engine and crushed
deceased so seriously that he died 30 minutes later. The points were opened by a railway inspector, who was not
empowered to do so.

A boiler was being raised into position by screw jacks placed under the boiler and inside the seat, and while doing so it tilted slightly; deceased, who was working one of the jacks, made a rush at an opening to get outside, and was fatally crushed between the boiler and side of brick wall of seat. Had he remained where he was he was perfectly safe.

* All mines are coal mines, unless otherwise specified.

LIST of FATAL ACCIDENTS in MINES under the METALLIFEROUS MINES REGULATION ACTS in the EAST SCOTLAND DISTRICT, during the year 1906.

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of Accident.

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Cause of Accident, and Remarks.

The seam is 12 feet thick, and at the place of accident the bottom 4 ft. had been taken out right across the opening, which was 19 feet wide. The remaining 8 feet in two beds was cut out on one side, and a shot was fired on the other side to relieve it, but the rock failed to come down. Deceased and his neighbour went under it with bars to lever it down, when the whole mass fell pinning him to the ground causing injuries to which he succumbed.

Registered No.

of Accident.

LIST of FATAL ACCIDENTS in QUARRIES under the QUARRIES ACTS in the EAST SCOTLAND DISTRICT during the

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Cause of Accident, and Remarks.

year 1906.

A shot had been fired some distance up the quarry face, and deceased and the foreman were engaged taking off the loose stones, when a mass of rock came away above him and he was precipitated with the stones to the quarry bottom and killed; he had a rope but he failed to keep his hold of it.

The tirring, composed of yellow boulder clay, was being removed off the top of the limestone, and while deceased and others were engaged filling it into a bogie a mass fell away off the face and fatally crushed him. The fall came away from a "sand crack" behind, which was unseen.

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While a box of stones was being raised from the quarry bottom by means of a steam crane, a stone weighing about 30 lbs. fell off, and deceased was right in its way and it struck him on the head and killed him instantaneously.

Deceased was clearing away some loose material at the top of the quarry, when the ground slipped away from under him and he fell with it to the quarry bottom and was killed.

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Deceased with others were loading flags into a boat at the wharf when the crane rope broke, and the stones, which were being swung into position, fell on him and he was fatally crushed. The rope was defective, and was tied at places where it had broken prior to the accident.

LIST OF DEATHS REPORTED, but which were FOUND on INVESTIGATION not to be COMPRISED UNDER the MINES or QUARRIES ACTS, in the
EAST SCOTLAND DISTRICT, during the YEAR 1906.

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Jan. 15 Hillhouserigg

United

Collieries,

Colliery,

Ltd.

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Matthew Brown, This man had been in failing health and suddenly expired at his work. 34, Screenman.

Paul & Sons, Ltd., Margt. Dunnigan, On February 5th, 1904, she met an injury by a hoist cage crushing her. Gavin.

Tawse, Peter

30, Coal Cleaner.

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Jonathan Davis,

While descending a shaft by means of a ladder he fell a distance of 36 feet and died from his injuries.

1906.

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John Cochrane,

13,
Schoolboy.
John Walker,

Repairer.

A fail of coal took place and injured this man's spine, in October, 1902, from which injury he subsequently died.

While filling coal into tubs at the bing he dropped down dead.

While suffering from despondency he jumped into the colliery pond and committed suicide.

Quigley complained to his neighbour on starting work that he felt ill, and latterly left the face and went to the roadhead, and in a short time expired.

The boy was amusing himself on the haulage way, which runs between the mine and the oil works, when he was run over by a loaded tub.

While proceeding from the shaft to his work he complained of feeling unwell and shortly afterwards expired.

Christopher Shad, The child had wandered to the colliery sidings where shunting was going on, and was run over by the waggons.

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Wemyss Coal Co.,
Ltd.
Wemyss Coal Co., Frank Robertson,
Ltd.
27,
Hutoh mender.

While waiting on the pithead to descend the shaft he suddenly expired; he had been ailing for some time and was under medical treatment.

Deceased, who was an engineman prior to taking up duties as a pithead man, worked an extra shift on the engine in place of the
engineman who was off work, ill, and just as he was being relieved he suddenly expired through heart failure.

Deceased was leaving the horse lye with an empty tub when he was seized with a fit of coughing and fell forward on his knees,
and shortly afterwards he died. At the "Inquiry" subsequently held, one doctor stated deceased's neck was broken, while
another stated positively it was not. Deceased met no injury in the mine,

While proceeding along the railway to his home in a state of intoxication he was run over by a train of waggons.

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Deceased got the forefinger of his right hand scratched in some way and blood-poisoning set in, from which he died. It was
stated he received the scratch while picking the coal off the face, but it was not possible from the position of the scratch.

This boy and some companions were amusing themselves on a Sunday by running tubs on the haulageway between the mine
and kilns; the tub ran away with them, and leaving the rails they were thrown out and deceased alighted on his head.
Deceased and another were doing some repairs on a level road, and while preparing to put up a set of timbers a crown above him
fell and injured him. He met his injury on 12th September, 1903.

The child crawled through the fence surrounding an old disused shaft and fell into it and was drowned in 11 fathoms of water.

Deceased was subject to epileptic fits and took one at his work and died.

While the colliery locomotive was approaching the weighbridge with a train of loaded waggons the boy attempted to jump on a
waggon of the moving train, and missing his hold fell on the rails and the last waggon wheels passed over him.

Owing to repairs in the shaft deceased was unable to descend and went to go to work a pump, of which he had charge, by an
in-going-eye from the surface; he did not get to the pump, and was missed for a day and search was made, when he was
found at the entrance to the in-going-eye quite dead; his death was due to natural causes.

Deceased began his work as usual at 6 a.m. and marshalled several tubs of debris for the pony to haul to the redd bing; shortly
after he was discovered quite dead, death being due to heart failure.

Labourer.

APPENDIX II.

LIST of PROSECUTIONS under the COAL MINES REGULATION ACT.

(a) PROSECUTIONS by INSPECTOR of OWNERS and MANAGERS and by Procurator FISCAL of UNDER OFFICIALS.

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Contravention of General Rules 21,
22; Sections 50, 51; Special
Rule 42, and Additional Special
Rule 7. Neglect to attend to
propping and to report insecure
condition of the place.
Contravention of General Rule 31.
Failure to fence shaft of screen-
ing plant.

Contravention of General Rules 31,

14. Failure to securely fence a
wheel. Failure to provide sig-
nalling apparatus.
Contravention of General Rules 31,
14; Special Rules 6, 7. Failure
to securely fence a wheel. Failure
to provide signalling apparatus.
Contravention of General Rules 31,
14; Special Rules 46, 54 (8) and
(3). Failure to securely fence
wheel. Failure to provide sig-
nalling apparatus.
Contravention of 1902 Explosives
Order, Section 4 (a). Issuing de-
tonators to unauthorised person.
Contravention of Special Rule 38
Contravention of Section 34.
Failure to keep an accurate plan
of the workings.
Contravention of General Rule 10
(iv.), and Special Rule 87 (4), (6).
Having a tobacco pipe and
matches within a prohibited area.
(First) Contravention of Sec-
tion 21. Failure to have daily
personal supervision exercised
by a manager or under manager
nominated and qualified as speci-
fied in Section 21.
(Second) Contravention of Section
49, General Rule 12 (a). Storing
explosives in the mine.
Contravention of Sections 49,
General Rule 13. Failure to pro-
vide bores in a place approaching
a dangerous quantity of water.
Contravention of Special Rule 38.
Allowing workman to enter place
where firedamp had been found
without first clearing it.
Contravention of General Rule 6
and Special Rule 42. Failure to
fence entrance to a disused place.

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