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Surname
COOK
Forename
Alex.
Day
07
Month
03
Year
1939
Age
75
Occupation
Pithead worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Minto
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
7 March 1939: Fatal Pithead Accident - A 75-year-old Lochgelly pithead worker, Alex. Cook; 110 Auchterderran Road, was killed in a pithead accident at the Minto Colliery, Lochgelly, yesterday. He was employed as a greaser and the accident happened in connection with the winding machinery. Cook was found dead under the winding drum. [Scotsman 8 March 1939]