26 Dec 1925 Angus MacDougall
The remains of Angus MacDougall, who was killed in the Hollinger Mine at Timmons, Ont., December 26, arrived in Antigonish January 5. Although the coroner’s jury brought in a verdict of accidental death, negligence on the part of the company is charged, and it is understood that action will be brought against the Hollinger people by the mine workers union to which young MacDougall belonged. IN the shaft in which he worked the practice in hoisting was for a miner to cling to the bucket to steady it until it had been raised about fifteen feet. At this point, on signal to the engine man, the bucket stopped and the human pendulum stepped off onto a ledge of rock, from which he slipped back to his work. On the morning of the fatality, only six men were in the shaft of the fifteen usually required. The deceased was detailed to steady a bucket, according to the usual practice, but at the fifteen foot point the stop signal was not given, and MacDougall was carried up the shaft. He held on until the load was almost at the surface, then lost his old and fell 450 feet to his death. The funeral took place at Ballantyne’s Cove, January 6, requiem mass being celebrated by Rev. D. Beaton, P.P.. The remains were accompanied home by Miss Bessie MacDougall, sister of the deceased.