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Surname
DOLAN
Forename
Thomas
Day
30
Month
10
Year
1913
Age
48
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Rosie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Buckhaven
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
He had wheeled a harrow of hot ashes from the boiler up on to a staging 10 feet from the ground, intending to tip the contents into a railway truck standing underneath. The barrow went over the edge of the staging, however, and he followed and fell to the ground, sustaining injuries to the back and burns. He slept in the open all night and his injuries did out receive medical treatment until 12 hours afterwards. He died 10 days later, death being due to sepsis. One hand and a leg had been amputated in the effort to save life.