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Surname
HALDANE
Forename
David
Day
19
Month
05
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Washer Engineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Aitken
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
19 May 1915: Accident At A Coal Washer - On Wednesday afternoon while in the act of oiling a coal washer at the Aitken Pit, Kelty, David Haldane, washer engineman, residing at 144 Union Street, Cowdenbeath, had his sleeve caught in one of the pinion wheels. His arm was dragged in and badly lacerated and fractured. The machinery was at once stopped. The injured man, who was attended to by Dr Keay, was removed to Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital. [Dunfermline Journal 22 May 1915]