He was taken out alive, but died in a few hours after. Yesterday se’ennight, in the parish of Beith, Ayrshire, while a man was hewing coals, the roof suddenly gave way, and fell upon him.
It is much to be wished that the old pits near public roads were either filled up or built round with a stone wall. We hear from Saltcoats that on Monday last, the dead body of William Speir, late of Dalry, was taken out of a coal pit at the town-head of Salcoats, where he had been drowned, and had lain twelve or fourteen days : it is remarkable that this is the fifth instance of this kind which has happened within these few years. Please check the indexes in the Accidents Section for other areas. This section contains newspaper reports on selected pre-1855 accidents in Ayrshire.
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