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Surname
HORNE
Forename
John
Day
11
Month
10
Year
1918
Age
14
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Muiredge
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Buckhaven
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
11 October 1918: SAD FATALITY AT BUCKHAVEN. A distressing fatal accident occurred yesterday the Wemyss Coal Company's sawmill, Muiredge Colliery, Buckhaven. The victim was John Horne, a lad of about fourteen years of age, son of the late Gunner John Horne, R.F.A., and Mrs Horne, South Street, Leven. He was severely crushed by a tree which fell upon him, and was removed to Wemyss Memorial Hospital, dying shortly after his admission to the institution. [Dundee Courier 12 October 1918]