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Details of Event: 12 December 1927: Fatal Accident At Lochgelly – William Cowie, miner, 62, 23 Melville Street, Lochgelly, died in the Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital on Monday from the results of an accident sustained in the Mary Pit, Lochgelly. Deceased was working in the pan run of the Little Splint section of the pit, and his arm became entangled in the machinery and torn off [Dunfermline Journal 17 December 1927]12 & 21 December, 1927: Fatal Accidents In West Fife - Circumstances Examined at Dunfermline. - Five Cases Before the Court. - Inquiry was held at Dunfermline to-day into five fatal accidents which took place at Inverkeithing, Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly, and two at Glencraig Colliery. Sheriff Umpherston and a jury at Dunfermline considered the circumstances. The victims of the accidents and the apparent causes of death were as follows: ………… William Cowie, miner, lately residing 23 Melville Street, Lochgelly, who died on 12th December, 1927, in the Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital from injuries received on that date in the Mary Pit, Lochgelly, of the Lochgelly Iron and Coal Company, Limited, by falling on and being dragged along by the conveyor chain. James Harrower, oversman, lately residing at 119 North Glencraig, who died on 21st December, 1927, at his residence in consequence of injuries received on 27th September, 1926, in No.1 Pit of Glencraig Colliery by a stone falling on him from the roof. [Evening Telegraph 12 January 1928]