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Surname
GEDDES
Forename
Henry
Day
29
Month
04
Year
1909
Age
52
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Cowdenbeath
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased was stripping coals in a machine wall and had knocked out a prop, which was in his way. He had just got another and intended setting it up when a large stone fell and injured him so severely that he died ten hours later.