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Surname
GARDINER
Forename
James
Day
25
Month
12
Year
1922
Age
36
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Glencraig
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Falls in Mine (b) Falls of Roof – Having treed up the” falling “or dirt band between the coal and the roof proper, he was working at the coal face when the piece of coal he was taking down rolled over, knocked out a tree and dislodged a large piece of the dirt band and roof which crushed him against the coal face. He sustained a fractured pelvis and died three days later.