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Surname
BAXTER
Forename
David
Day
22
Month
06
Year
1917
Age
43
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Minto, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
22 June 1917: Miner Killed In Minto Colliery - David Baxter (42), miner, Grey Street, Lochgelly, was instantaneously killed on Friday afternoon by a heavy fall of stone from the roof of No 2 Pit, Minto Colliery. The man's neck was dislocated and he was severely crushed internally. A young lad named William Forrester employed beside Baxter had a narrow escape. One of his feet was jammed by the stone, but he was not seriously injured. [Dunfermline Journal 23 June 1917]