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Surname
FITZSIMMONS
Forename
William
Day
16
Month
02
Year
1926
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Valleyfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newmills
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Information from the Mines Inspector's report - 1926: Suffocation by natural gases At Valleyfield Colliery, Fife, a roadman was sent with a message into a district with which he was familiar. He was missed and after a search was found to have tried to take a short cut (through a fence) by a small air hole 1 ft. by 1 ft. 6 in., and stuck fast in it. This place was assisting to keep the high percentage of firedamp down in a heading which was not being worked, and it may well have been that when he blocked the airway the gas came down about his face and choked him before he could wriggle himself clear.