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Surname
DOW
Forename
Robert Swan
Day
05
Month
01
Year
1942
Age
27
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairhall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
East Grange
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
5 January 1942: Fife Miner Fatally Injured - Robert Dow, miner, Jigburn Terrace, Dunfermline, died in Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital early this morning from the effects of injuries which he received in the Jersey section of Blairhill Colliery during the night. He was crushed between a race of loaded hutches and a girder. He never regained consciousness. Deceased, who was between 25 and 30 years of age, was a native of Crossgates. He leaves a wife and one child. [Evening Telegraph 5 January 1942]