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Surname
HUNT
Forename
Peter
Day
21
Month
06
Year
1939
Age
39
Occupation
Coal stripper
Mine/Quarry Name
Polmaise, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell Ltd
Location
Stirling
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
21 June 1939: Pit Fatality - Peter Hunt (39), coal stripper, 24a Duff Crescent, Raploch, Stirling, was killed yesterday while working in the Wallsend conveyer run section in No.2 Pit, Polmaise Colliery, Millhall. A large stone fell from the roof and pinned him down. When extricated, Hunt was found to be dead. Hunt, who served throughout the Great War, was in the Territorial Army, being a corporal in the Stirling Signals Company. [Scotsman 22 June 1939]