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Surname
GILLESPIE
Forename
Robert Young
Day
08
Month
11
Year
1920
Age
25
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Frances
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Rosslyn's Collieries Ltd
Location
Dysart
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
8 November 1920: FALL OF STONE IN FIFE PIT - KIRKCALDY LAD FATALLY INJURED. A fall of stone at the Dubbie Pit, Earl Rosslyn's colliery, Dysart, about three o'clock yesterday afternoon resulted in the death of a miner, 25 years of age, named Robert Gillespie, residing with his parents at 157 High Street, Kirkcaldy. The deceased miner was working at the coal face with no other miners in the near vicinity when the fall occurred. Death was instantaneous, the weight of the debris fracturing the unfortunate man's neck. A pathetic feature of the accident is the fact that Gillespie was the only son of a large family. [Dundee Courier 9 November 1920]