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Surname
GILLESPIE
Forename
James
Day
14
Month
06
Year
1938
Age
68
Occupation
Pit Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Valleyfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newmills
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
14 June 1938: Colliery Mishap - Fife Man Killed : Mate Injured - An elderly pit-worker was killed, and his mate was injured, when they were buried under a heavy fall of material, in Valleyfield Colliery, near Dunfermline, yesterday. The men, James Gillespie (68), pit repairer, West Green. Culross, and William Morris (29), stripper, 153 Rumblingwell, Dunfermline, were at work in the Preston splint section when they were caught by the fall. They were trapped for several hours, further falls occurring while rescue workers attempted to release them. When they were extricated, Gillespie was found to be dead, but Morris escaped with injuries to his legs. [Scotsman 15 June 1938]