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Surname
BAILLIE
Forename
Robert
Day
23
Month
08
Year
1937
Age
16
Occupation
Pithead worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumphinnans, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
22 August 1937: Robert Baillie, pithead worker (16) son of George Baillie, pit inspector, Mungall Street, Lumphinnans, Fife, lost his life while employed at No.1 Lumphinnans Colliery yesterday. John Davie, a fellow-worker, on hearing a cry turned round and saw Baillie disappearing over the creeper drum of the picking tables. The machinery was at once stopped, but the lad was found to be dead. [Scotsman 23 August 1937]