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Surname
GARRY
Forename
Sarah
Day
25
Month
08
Year
1919
Age
Occupation
Pithead worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Mary Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochore
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
25 August 1919: Mary Pit Accident - A pithead worker, named Mrs Sarah Garry, was engaged at the Mary Pit on Monday afternoon. A piece of iron flung from the scaffold struck her on the side. She was taken to her home in Well Road in the ambulance van, and was attended to by Dr Dickson. [Dunfermline Journal 30 August 1919]