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Surname
ARMOUR
Forename
Peter
Day
13
Month
06
Year
1920
Age
23
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairhall, Lord Bruce Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
East Grange
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
13 June 1920: Fatality At Blairhall Colliery - Peter Armour (23), a repairer residing at Main Street, Low Torry, met with a fatal accident at Blairhall Colliery on Monday. About 2am he had been employed at No 4 [illegible], Lord Bruce Pit of the colliery, when a quantity of stone fell upon him from the roof, fracturing his skull. Death was almost instantaneous, the body being examined at the Colliery by Dr Henderson. [Dunfermline Journal 19 June 1920]