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Surname
CHAPMAN
Forename
William
Day
16
Month
01
Year
1917
Age
42
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Kinnedar
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Oakley
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
16 January 1917. Fatal Termination to Oakley Brusher's Accident - William Chapman, brusher (42), lately residing at 53 Oakley Rows, Carnock, who a week ago sustained severe internal injuries at Oakley Colliery, wrought by the Kinneddar Collieries, died on Tuesday in Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital. While he was in the act of brushing the roof a large stone fell upon him. [Dunfermline Journal 20 January 1917]