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Surname
HILL
Forename
William
Day
08
Month
01
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Dunnikier, Pannie Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kirkcaldy
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
8 January 1915: Kirkcaldy Miner Dies of Pneumonia and Widow Sues Coal Company for Compensation - Sheriff Umpherston, at Kirkcaldy yesterday, fixed proof for 2d July in an action for compensation at the instance of Mrs Annie Bollan or Hill, 27 Nicol Street, Kirkcaldy, widow of William Hill, miner, and her five children against the Fife Coal Company, Limited, owners of the Pannie Pit, Kirkcaldy. The application is for decree against the Coal Company for payment of £289 11s 8d sterling, with interest. On 24th December, 1914, deceased went to work in the Pannie Pit on the night shift, and was engaged driving an air-course from a lower level south dook section of the pit. While enlarging a hole which he had driven through to the upper level he lost his footing, and fell to the bottom of the incline, a distance of 50 feet, being drenched in water which had come through the hole from the upper level. As a result deceased was bruised and cut on the hip, sustained a severe blow on the right side of his chest, and suffered from shock. He was confined to the house until 31st December, 1914. Liability for compensation for two weeks was admitted. Pneumonia developed and deceased died on 18th January, 1915. The pursuer avers that pneumonia was attributable to the accident. The defenders aver that the pneumonia was not due to or accelerated by the accident, and call upon pursuer to state the exact type of pneumonia from which she alleges her husband died and its alleged connection with the accident. [Dundee Courier 19 June 1915]