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Surname
DAVIDSON
Forename
William
Day
06
Month
04
Year
1943
Age
33
Occupation
Stripper
Mine/Quarry Name
Comrie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Saline
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
6 April 1943: Fife Colliery’s First Fatal Accident - William Davidson (33), coal stripper, 50 Robertson Road, Dunfermline, was struck on the head by a fall of roof in the north side development section of Comrie Colliery, belonging to the Fife Co., Ltd. Death was instantaneous. This is the first fatal accident in the colliery, which was opened about three years ago. [Evening Telegraph 7 April 1943]