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Surname
AUSTIN
Forename
Edward William
Day
24
Month
05
Year
1917
Age
21
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Lochore, Mary Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochore
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
24 May 1917: Fatal Roof Fall In The “Big Mary” - Edward William Austin (21) miner, 4 Lochleven Road, Lochore, was killed on Thursday by a fall from the roof in the Five-feet seam, No 7 section of the Mary Pit, Lochore, of the Fife Coal Company. The accident took place about 2 o'clock and Austin died two hours later, after being removed home. John Bell, miner, 20 Waverley Street, Lochore, who was working along with Austin, was injured, but not seriously. [Dunfermline Journal 26 May 1917]