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Surname
DUNCAN
Forename
James
Day
07
Month
02
Year
1940
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Glencraig
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
26 April 1940: Formal verdicts were also returned in the following cases:- James Duncan, coal miner, Parkview Place, Lochgelly, who died on April 26 in hospital from the effects of injuries sustained on February 7 in Glencraig Colliery underground workings, caused by a fall from the roof. [Evening Telegraph 23 May 1940] NAS catalogue - FAI " James Duncan, coal miner, 3 Parkview Place, Lochgelly, died on 26 Apr 1940 in West Fife Hospital, Dunfirmline, from injuries sustained on 7 Feb 1940 at Glencraig Colliery, Ballingry Parish, Fife, by a fall from the roof of his working place"