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| 1893, 13th February ROBERT GLOVER DUFF FATAL PIT ACCIDENT NEAR SANQUHAR On Monday last Robert Glover Duff, aged 32, was engaged about noon in working an engine used at Gateside new pit for drawing water, when the cage was over-wound. Duff observing that he had lost control of his engine rushed from the engine-house in a state of panic, and on emerging into the open-air the cage, which meanwhile had gone over the pulleys, in falling struck him a crushing blow on the head, killing him instantaneously. Intelligence of the sad occurrence was promptly conveyed to his relatives, and the news quickly spreading caused a painful sensation in the public mind, which was intensified by the arrival shortly thereafter of the body in a cart. Deceased belonged to a family who have been long engaged in the joiner trade in Sanquhar and are much respected. Both for his young widow and his relations the greatest sympathy is felt.
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