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Surname
CUNNINGHAM
Forename
Andrew
Day
05
Month
06
Year
1941
Age
Occupation
Waggon runner
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairhall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
East Grange
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
5 June 1941: Fife Pithead Fatality - Andrew Cunningham (65), waggon runner, 4 Brucefield Avenue, Dunfermline, was killed instantaneously yesterday when he was crushed between two waggons at the washery at Blairhall Colliery. [Scotsman 6 June 1941] CAUGHT BETWEEN WAGGON BUFFERS - Fatal Accident at Fife Colliery - A Dunfermline colliery worker, Andrew Cunningham (65), waggon runner, 4 Brucefield Avenue, was fatally injured in an accident on the surface at Blairhall Colliery to-day. Cunningham was caught between the buffers of railway waggons and received head injuries. [Evening Telegraph 5 June 1941] NAS FAI "Fatal Accident Inquiry: Andrew Cunningham, colliery wagon runner, 4 Brucefield Avenue, Dunfermline, died on 5 Jun 1941 at the Railway Sidings, Lord Bruce Pit, Blairhall Colliery, Parish of Culross, Fife, when he was crushed between two railway wagons"