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Surname
HOGG
Forename
John
Day
03
Month
06
Year
1920
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumphinnans, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
3 June 1920: Accident To Dean of Guild Hogg - Dean of Guild John Hogg, Cowdenbeath, met with an accident on Thursday while at work in No.1 Pit, Lumphinnans. The Councillor was in the act of sawing a pit prop when a piece of coal fell on the prop and crushed his leg so severely that he had to be conveyed home in the ambulance waggon. Mr Hogg is a well-known prohibitionist and was to have presided that night at a temperance meeting. [Dunfermline Journal 5 June 1920]