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Surname
DIGAN
Forename
Martin
Day
05
Month
01
Year
1928
Age
22
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Aitken
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
5 January 1928: Fife Pit Fatality – Martin Digan, 22, a miner, who resided at Shiels, Kelty, died in Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital yesterday as a result of injuries received in a colliery accident the previous evening. Digan had been working at a conveyor pan run in the Aitken Pit, he was struck by a piece of coal. His skull was fractured. [Scotsman 7 January 1928] Kelty Accident - Young Man Fatally Injured - Martin Digin, 21 years of age, son of Patrick Digin, The Shiels, Kelty, passed away in Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital yesterday morning as a result of injuries sustained while at work in Aitken Colliery, Kelty, the night before. The young man had been working at the bottom of a very steep incline on a pan run in the Glassee seam. He was struck by a piece of coal which had been flung from the pan, and was seen to be in a dangerous condition. He was immediately rushed to hospital, but his condition was hopeless. [Dunfermline Journal 7 January 1928]