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Surname
FOWLER
Forename
William Hardie
Day
11
Month
01
Year
1943
Age
Occupation
Oncost worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Lindsay
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
11 January 1943: BURST FROM MINE KILLED WORKER- Sheriff MacLean returned a formal verdict at Dunfermline Sheriff Court to-day, after an inquiry into the death of William Hardie Fowler, colliery oncost worker, 54 Main Street, Lumphinnans, who was fatally injured while at work in the surface mine of the Lindsay Colliery, Kelty, on January 11. Witnesses said that there was a sudden burst from the coal face and Fowler was struck by coal and stone, receiving severe head injuries. He died in the ambulance while being conveyed to hospital. All precautions had been taken, and there was no reason to apprehend danger. It was pure coincidence that the burst took place when Fowler was passing. [Evening Telegraph 22 March 1943]