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Surname
DEMPSEY
Forename
Charles
Day
06
Month
05
Year
1941
Age
15
Occupation
Wood boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Glencraig, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
6 May 1941: Fife Boy Killed in Colliery Accident – A 15-year old lad, Charles Dempsey, son of the late John Dempsey and of Mrs Dempsey, Dumbiedykes, Lochore, was the victim of a fatal accident in Glencraig Colliery yesterday. Employed as a wood boy, he was working in the Lochgelly mine No.2 pit when a stone fell from the roof, pinned him to the ground and suffocated him. Dempsey was well known in Lochore, and had been a member of Lochore Institute Physical Culture Club. [Evening Telegraph 6 May 1941]