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Surname
INNES
Forename
Robert
Day
23
Month
07
Year
1921
Age
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Mossbeath, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
23 July 1921: Fireman killed In A Cowdenbeath Pit - Robert Innes colliery fireman, Broad Street, Cowdenbeath was killed by a fall of stone in No.2 Pit, Mossbeath colliery, Cowdenbeath; on Saturday. [Scotsman 25 July 1921] Cowdenbeath - Fatal Accident - While engaged in supporting a pillar which was giving way in Mossbeath Colliery, No.2 Pit, Robert Innes, 296 Bridge Street, Cowdenbeath, was killed instantaneously on Saturday morning by a fall of several tons of material from the roof. Innes leaves a widow and three children. This is the first fatal accident to occur in the Cowdenbeath pits since the resumption of work. [Dunfermline Journal 30 July 1921]