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Surname
CUMMING
Forename
Alfred
Day
15
Month
01
Year
1942
Age
14
Occupation
Surface Worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Wellesley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Methil
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
15 January 1942: FIFE PIT LAD DIES ON HIS FIRST PAY DAY - On the day that he would have drawn his first pay a 14-year-old Methil boy died in Wemyss Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained in an accident at his work. He was Alfred Cumming, son of Mr and Mrs George Cumming, Kirkland Drive, Methil. He began work at Wellesley Colliery, Denbeath, and had been only a few days at work when he was knocked down and run over by a race of waggons. One of his legs was so severely injured that it had to be amputated. [Dundee Courier 20 January 1942]