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Surname
GANNON
Forename
James
Day
10
Month
11
Year
1919
Age
64
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairhall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
East Grange
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
10 November 1919: Fatality At Blairhall Colliery - James Gannon (64), labourer, lately residing at Torry Workmen's House, Newmills, met with a fatal accident at Blairhall Colliery on Monday forenoon. Gannon had come to the Colliery in search of work, and, being unaccustomed to the workings, had gone on to the railway at the siding. He was knocked down by an engine and killed instantaneously. [Dunfermline Journal 15 November 1919]