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- Surname
- FERNIE
- Forename
- George
- Day
- 05
- Month
- 08
- Year
- 1915
- Age
- 17
- Occupation
- Electrical Engineer
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Kinglassie
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Fife Coal Co. Ltd
- Location
- Kinglassie
- County
- Fifeshire
- Details of Event
- 5 August 1915: YOUNG MAN KILLED IN KINGLASSIE PIT. - George Fernie, electrical engineer, the seventeen-year-old son of Mr Andrew Fernie, mining contractor, Kinglassie, came in contact with a live wire in Kinglassie Pit, and was killed. His heart was still beating when found, but all efforts to restore animation failed. The deepest sympathy felt for the family, which is among the most respected in the district. [Dundee Courier 7 August 1915]
George Fernie, an electrical engineer, was killed almost instantaneously in the new pit at Kinglassie Colliery through coming in contact with a live wire. His father, Mr Andrew Fernie, is a mining contractor, and was working in the same pit. [Sunday Post 8 August 1915]
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