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Surname
CUNNINGHAM
Forename
William
Day
12
Month
08
Year
1941
Age
40
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Wellesley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Methil
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
12 August 1941: MINER CRUSHED AT FIFE COLLIERY - Died Four Months Later - An inquiry was held at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court to-day before Sheriff Substitute J. W. More into the death of William Cunningham miner, 3 Shotburn Crescent, Leven, who died in Wemyss Memorial Hospital four months after he had been crushed between hutches at Wellesley Colliery. James Cunningham, miner, brother of deceased said that on April 10 his brother continued working after the accident, but was finally forced to give up work and on the doctor's orders entered the hospital, where died on August 12. Sheriff More returned a formal verdict. [Evening Telegraph 10 October 1941] NAS FAI listing and death cert. Death recorded as due to sarcoma but FAI jury linked sarcoma to work injury.