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Surname
FINLAY
Forename
Charles
Day
06
Month
12
Year
1924
Age
60
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Muircockhall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Henry Ness & Co. Ltd
Location
Dunfermline
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
6 December 1924: Fatal Accident To Fife Miner - As the result of injuries received in an accident at Muircockhall colliery, Charles Finlay (60), miner, 99 Main Street, Townhill, near Dunfermline, died in Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital on Saturday morning. He was working in the fourteen feet section, and was engaged in taking down head coal, when there was a fall of coal from the roof. His skull was fractured and several ribs broken. [Scotsman 8 December 1924]