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Surname
HOPES
Forename
Fred
Day
03
Month
08
Year
1933
Age
32
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchincruive, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Prestwick
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
3 August 1933: Ayrshire Pit Fatality - Fred Hopes (32), a miner, who had been employed at Mossblown Colliery, near Ayr, for some time, was killed by a fall of stone in the big haulage section of No.1 pit yesterday afternoon. [Scotsman 4 August 1933]