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Surname
ARCHIBALD
Forename
William
Day
01
Month
05
Year
1944
Age
70
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Cowdenbeath, No.7 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
1 May 1944: Fife Miner’s Sudden Death - William Archibald (70), 48 Arthur's Place Cowdenbeath, who was employed in the Cowdenbeath Colliery, was in the act of stepping on to the cage at the bottom of the Kirkford Shaft last night when he collapsed and immediately expired. Deceased leaves a wife and a large grown-up family. Archibald was well known in West Fife as a prominent football official for many years. He was associated with Hearts of Beath, and then became an official of the Fife Junior Association, and represented Kelty Rangers in their most prosperous years. He retired with a life membership of the Scottish Junior Association. For three years he was a member of Beath School Management Committee and represented the parents in Broad Street School, Cowdenbeath. [Evening Telegraph 2 May 1944]