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Surname
FORBES
Forename
Thomas
Day
24
Month
12
Year
1920
Age
38
Occupation
Shunter
Mine/Quarry Name
Little Raith, Gordon Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
24 December 1920: Fatal Pit Accident At Cowdenbeath - Thomas Forbes, 38 years of age, a shunter, who resided at 159 Broad Street, Cowdenbeath, was killed instantaneously by being crushed beneath a waggon which had overturned during shunting operations at the Gordon Pit, Raith Colliery. [Scotsman 27 December 1920] At the Gordon Pit, Cowdenbeath, Thomas Forbes (39) pit shunter, met an untimely death. Forbes, who resided at 159 Bridge Street, Cowdenbeath, is supposed to have been sitting on an empty waggon when it was run into accidentally by several loaded waggons. Forbes was thrown to the ground and an overturned waggon fell upon him, causing instantaneous death. [Dunfermline Journal 1 January 1921]