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Surname
HANCOCK
Forename
Charles
Day
11
Month
09
Year
1945
Age
50
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Wellesley
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Methil
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
11 September 1945: Fife Miner Killed - One miner lost his life and another was badly injured in an accident at Wellesley Colliery Denbeath, belonging to Wemyss Coal Company, yesterday. Deceased was Charles Hancock of 10 Cowley Street, Denbeath, and the injured man is Robert Thomson, 24 Sandwell Street, Buckhaven. Employed as machinemen, they were working in the Barncraig section of the Colliery when a fall of coal and stone took place. They were both buried, and on being extricated Hancock was beyond human aid, while Thomson was found to have sustained head and leg injuries. He was removed to Wemyss Memorial Hospital. Hancock was 50 years of age and leaves a widow and a family of one son and two daughters. [Evening Telegraph 12 September 1945]