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Surname
FORSYTH
Forename
James
Day
09
Month
02
Year
1926
Age
40
Occupation
Oncost Worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Frances
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Rosslyn's Collieries Ltd
Location
Dysart
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
9 February 1926: Dysart Pit Fatality - A fatal accident occurred at the Frances Pit, Dysart , early yesterday morning, the victim being James Forsyth, 40 years of age, an oncost -worker, who resided at 97 Sutherland Street, Kirkcaldy. It appears that while Forsyth was at work the lower Dysart section of the pit at the coal face there was a fall of coal from the roof, and he was buried. Before he could be extricated he had succumbed, death being due to asphyxiation. The deceased is survived by a widow and one child. [Scotsman 10 February 1926]