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Surname
KELLY
Forename
James
Day
11
Month
01
Year
1917
Age
52
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Valleyfield, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newmills
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
11 January 1917: Fatal Pit Accident At Valleyfield - James Kelly, miner, lately residing at Preston Crescent, High Valleyfield was killed at work in No 1 Pit, Valleyfield Colliery, of the Fife Coal Coy on Thursday. While he was engaged at the face a fall of stones weighing at least a ton caught him and crushed him internally. He died after being taken to the surface. His eldest son was working beside him at the time of the accident. Kelly was 52 years of age. [Dunfermline Journal 13 January 1917]