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Surname
CHALMERS
Forename
Peter
Day
23
Month
04
Year
1965
Age
45
Occupation
Unit Electrical Engineer
Mine/Quarry Name
Glencraig
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
William Whisker Kechans Adams, senior oversman, 11 Manse Road, Glencraig and Peter Chalmers, unit electrical engineer, 12 Manse Road, Glencraig, both drowned on 23 Apr 1965 in the underground workings of Glencraig Colliery, Parish of Ballingry, Fife, when the haulage of a bogie in which they were travelling went out of control and said bogie ran downhill and was submerged in a flooded portion"