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Surname
HODGE
Forename
Alexander
Day
19
Month
07
Year
1902
Age
68
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Kelty
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased worked in a longwall place adjoining a heading which was several yards in advance. While taking down coal close to the nose a stone fell from the lip of the broken roof at the edge of the goaf and knocked out a prop which struck him on the side of the head, fracturing has skull.