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Surname
CATHCART
Forename
Edward
Day
25
Month
04
Year
1929
Age
29
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Pennyvenie, No.4 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Dalmellington Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Dalmellington
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
25 April 1929: Fatal Burning Accident in Ayrshire Mine - Three miners, one of whom, Edward Cathcart (29), 122 Lethanhill, South Ayrshire, has died in Ayr County Hospital, were involved in an accident which occurred in Pennyvenie Mine, Dalmellington, in the early hours of yesterday morning. There was, it is stated, an ignition of gas. Peter Fagan, brusher, and Robert Gillespie, miner, lie in Ayr County Hospital suffering from extensive burning injuries. [Scotsman 26 April 1929] The Ayrshire Pit Explosion - Another Death - The death has occurred in Ayr County Hospital of Robert Gillespie (26), miner, 22 Burnfoothill, Waterside, who was involved in the explosion at No.4 Pennyvenie Mine, Dalmellington. He is the second victim of the accident. It is curious that the two men who were thought to be least injured at the time have succumbed, while the other man, Peter Fagan, rescued from his working place after the explosion, and who ran a big risk of being suffocated, is still alive and under treatment in Ayr County Hospital. [Scotsman 29 April 1929]