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Surname
FULLERTON
Forename
Richard
Day
21
Month
02
Year
1903
Age
42
Occupation
joiner
Mine/Quarry Name
Durie Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Leven
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased with three other workmen was engaged removing the pipes from an abandoned shaft. During the operations it was necessary to remove a batten of wood which was in the way of the cage and to do so deceased stood on a scaffold which was being supported by the batten. When the batten was freed it and the scaffold on which he stood fell down the shaft carrying him with them. He fell into 8 fathoms of water and some days elapsed before his body was recovered.