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Surname
HUNTER
Forename
James
Day
27
Month
07
Year
1961
Age
43
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairhall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
East Grange
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
James Hunter, coal miner, 34 Mitchell Crescent, Hill of Beath, died on 27 June 1961 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on the same day at Blairhall Colliery, Parish of Culross, Fife, when he was struck by a girder which was being carried in a cage in which he was travelling to the surface.