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Surname
FLEMING
Forename
William Campbell
Day
27
Month
02
Year
1917
Age
23
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Townhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Townhill (Dunfermline) Colliery Ltd
Location
Townhill
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
27 February 1917: Townhill Miner Killed - Wm. Campbell Fleming, aged 23 years, 14 Chisholm Crescent, Townhill, while at work on Monday was severely injured. Fleming, along with two other men were attending a coal cutting machine, and after the coal cutter had been started the machine swerved round the coal face, with the result that the cutting wheel came in contact with Fleming's right leg and severed it from his body, and caused other serious injuries to his abdomen. He was taken to the Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital, where he was attended to by Dr Dalgliesh. His injuries being of such a serious nature, little could be done for him, and he died about 2 am the following morning. Fleming was of a quiet and modest disposition, and much sympathy is extended to his aged parents at this time. [Dunfermline Journal 3 March 1917]