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Surname
DUNCAN
Forename
William Shepherd
Day
27
Month
12
Year
1923
Age
15
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Lassodie Mill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
27 December 1923: Boy Killed At Kelty - Stone Fall From Pit Roof - An accident to a boy is always a sad incident but coming just on the time of a holiday it is even more so. This was the case on Thursday, when it became known in Kirkford, Cowdenbeath, that William Shepherd Duncan, the fifteen year old son of William Duncan, 9 Pit Row, Cowdenbeath, had lost his life. The lad was employed in the Lassodie Mill Colliery, Kelty, when he was struck by a fall of stone from the face and killed instantaneously. [Dunfermline Journal 29 December 1923]