Full Details

Surname

WALLACE

Forename

James

Day

14

Month

09

Year

1910

Age

22

Occupation

Roadsman

Mine/Quarry Name

Ayr, No.1 Drumley Pit

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

George Taylor & Co

Location

Annbank

County

Ayrshire

Details of Event

When clearing debris from the side of a stoop in order to enable the next shift of miners to begin to extract the coal a mass of coal fell off the end of the stoop, fell away at an invisible foul back and killed him.