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Surname
FARRY
Forename
Thomas
Day
22
Month
12
Year
1920
Age
26
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Aitken
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
22 December 1920: While at work in the Aitken Pit, Thos. Farry, residing in Cantsdam, Kelty, was fatally injured through being caught by a rope which had rebounded off a pulley wheel, and which hit him across the stomach. The unfortunate man was removed to Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital, where he passed away after much suffering. Farry, who was 26 years of age, leaves a widow and three young children. [Dunfermline Journal 1 January 1921]