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Surname
HUME
Forename
Richard
Day
27
Month
10
Year
1936
Age
54
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Michael
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
East Wemyss
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
27 October 1936: Died on Way Down Pit - East Wemyss Man's Last Words - A Fife underground worker collapsed and died at the new Michael Colliery, East Wemyss. He was Richard Hume (54), 1 Approach Row, East Wemyss. He was employed as pump attendant, and previous to stepping on the cage remarked that he would not like to be in the position of some of the miners who had just returned to the surface after having completed their shift, they would have to cycle against the wind to Kirkcaldy. Hume stepped on the cage, which contained 40 miners, and during its progress downwards he caught hold of the arm of John Christensen, miner, residing at 18 Jordan Terrace, Methil. When the party arrived at the pit bottom it was discovered that Hume was dead. [Evening Telegraph 27 October 1936]