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Surname
HUNTER
Forename
Andrew Clark
Day
02
Month
11
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Leven
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Leven
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
2 November 1915: David Hunter, a miner’s drawer, was instantaneously killed yesterday in Leven Colliery. [Glasgow Herald 3 November 1915] FIFE MINERS' DEATHS ARE INQUIRED INTO BY SHERIFF AND JURY AT KIRKCALDY. - Sheriff Armour Hannay and jury made inquiry Kirkcaldy into two fatal accidents. …… The death of Andrew Clark Hunter, 200 Taylor Street, Aberhill, Methil, on 2d November, 1915, was found to be due to a fall from the roof, caused by a hutch coming against a prop supporting the girders of the roof and displacing them. His Majesty's Mines Inspector observed that the attention of the management had been drawn to the necessity of giving ample clearance between the props and travelling hutches. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence. [Dundee Courier 30 November 1915]