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Surname
GENTLEMAN
Forename
Robert Marshall
Day
04
Month
10
Year
1921
Age
40
Occupation
Shanksman
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairhall, Lady Veronica Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
East Grange
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
4 October 1921: Fatal Accident At A Fife Colliery - George Marshall (40), a shanksman, who resided the The Shore, Kincardine-on-Forth, was killed at Blairhall colliery, near Dunfermline, about four o'clock yesterday morning. While engaged in repairing the shaft in Lady Veronica Pit he failed to observe that the cage was being lowered, the result being that he was hit on the head and knocked into the sump and killed instantaneously. The sump contained about twenty feet of water and mud. [Scotsman 5 October 1921]