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Surname
GARDINER
Forename
Peter
Day
10
Month
12
Year
1920
Age
45
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Dunnikier, Pannie Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kirkcaldy
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
10 December 1920: FIFE MINER'S INJURIES PROVE FATAL - SEQUEL TO PIT EXPLOSION. A miner, named Peter Gardiner (45), in lodgings at Rosslyn Street, Kirkcaldy, admitted to Kirkcaldy Hospital Monday evening suffering from burns sustained through an explosion in the Pannie Pit, Dunnikier Colliery, succumbed to his injuries last night. Deceased, who hailed from Cowdenbeath district, recently came to the town from England, where he had been employed. [Dundee Courier 11 December 1920]