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Surname
COLLINS
Forename
Mitchell
Day
08
Month
09
Year
1915
Age
34
Occupation
Haulageman
Mine/Quarry Name
Aitken
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
8 September 1915: Kelty Man Killed In Aitken Pit - While at work in the Aitken Pit on Wednesday, Mitchell Collins, haulageman residing at Keltyhill Road, Kelty, met with so serious an accident that he died shortly after being admitted to the Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital. While Collins was awaiting the return of the driver with a full race of hutches the horse had become frightened, and dashed out the road. Collins, in his endeavour to stop the runaway animal, was knocked down, while the race of hutches which were coming down the incline behind the horse passed over his body. Deceased, who was 34 years of age, was of a quiet disposition. He leaves a widow and three children. He was one of the special constables in the Kelty district. [Dunfermline Journal 11 September 1915]