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Surname
COLVILLE
Forename
John
Day
02
Month
09
Year
1919
Age
33
Occupation
Stone Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumphinnans, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
2 September 1919: Workmen's Compensation - House of Lords and Breach of Rules - Court of Session Decisions Reversed - The House of Lords yesterday reversed the judgement of the First Division of the Court of Session in three appeals arising out of the Workmen's Compensation Act which raised the question, whether or not a workman who did something in breach of prohibitions took himself outside of the sphere of his employment. In one case the Fife Coal Co. (Ltd) appealed against an award by Sheriff-Substitute Umpherston in favour of the widow and children of John Colville, stone miner, 33 James Street, Dunfermline. The deceased, who was employed at No.1 Pit, Lumphinnans, retired to a place of safety after charging and stemming a shot hole in the sandstone face of the working place. Only one of two shots went off, and after waiting a few minutes Colville, with another workman, returned to the face, and while they were groping in the debris for Colville's strum, his shot went off, and he was killed. The House of Lords yesterday allowed the appeal of the employers in all three cases. [Scotsman 18 December 1920]