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Surname
BANKS
Forename
Daniel
Day
26
Month
08
Year
1921
Age
15
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Valleyfield, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newmills
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
26 August 1921: Fatal Accident in Fife Pit - Yesterday morning Daniel Banks (15), drawer, son of George Banks, miner, Dundonald Terrace, Lowvalleyfield, was accidentally killed in the Fife Coal Company's No.2 Pit, Valleyfield colliery. He was crushed between a moving hutch and the end of a bench at which he was working. The boy's father was an eyewitness of the accident [Scotsman 27 August 1921] Valleyfield Colliery Fatality - Boy Killed Before Eyes of His Father - A distressing accident occurred yesterday morning at Low Valleyfield Colliery, No 2 Pit, when a youth of 15 was killed before the eyes of his father. Daniel Banks was drawing for his father, George Banks, 19 Dundonald Terrace, Low Valleyfield in No 1 bench, Cowan's Brae, when he was caught between a hutch and the end of the bench. He was crushed so badly that he died immediately afterwards. [Dunfermline Journal 27 August 1921]