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Surname
DARCY
Forename
Walter
Day
30
Month
12
Year
1915
Age
22
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Lochore, Mary Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochore
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
30 December 1915: Accident at Mary Pithead - William Dacey, miner, 22 years of age, who resided at Hunter’s Buildings, South Glencraig, was the victim of an accident at the revolving doors of the Mary pithead while returning from the nightshift on Thursday morning. Dr Todd was speedily summoned, and found Dacey suffering from severe bruises to back and shoulders. He was afterwards conveyed to his lodgings. [Dunfermline Journal 1 January 1916]