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Surname
DAVIDSON
Forename
Blyth
Day
12
Month
09
Year
1931
Age
50
Occupation
Oversman
Mine/Quarry Name
Wellesley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Methil
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
12 September 1931: Fife Pit Accident - Two Men Killed By Fall Of Roof - Two men were instantly killed and three others were entombed for six hours last Saturday by a roof collapse at Wellesley Colliery, Denbeath. The dead men are - Blyth Davidson (50), colliery oversman, 4 Omar Crescent, Buckhaven, and James Mann (33), brusher, 74 Clyde Street, Denbeath. Their three companions were wedged in a pocket between two falls of roof while pieces of rock continued dropping from above at intervals. The men, who are suffering badly from shock are:- James Coxon [query] (55), colliery fireman, 32 Kenmore Terrace, Buckhaven; John Methven (38) brusher, 39 Bow Street, Denbeath; and Henry Morris (40), brusher, 12 Scoonie Terrace, Leven. The men were erecting a girder in a part of the circle dook known as the pan run. About five in the morning, just before the men finished their shift, the roof came away without warning. [Dunfermline Journal 19 September 1931]