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Surname
ELLIOT
Forename
John
Day
19
Month
05
Year
1919
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Aitken
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
19 May 1919: Fatal Accident At The Aitken Pit - John Elliot, miner, lately residing at Chalmers Street, Dunfermline, met with a serious accident between four and five o'clock on Monday while at work in the west dook of the Aitken Pit. It would appear that Elliot was assisting with a race of hutches which was being driven up the dook. The hutches were stopped, and after being started again ran back, with the result that he was jammed. He was at once relieved and taken to the pithead where he was examined by Dr Kay. He was afterwards removed to Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital, where he died shortly after admission. [Dunfermline Journal 24 May 1919]