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Surname
KENNEY or KENNY
Forename
Peter
Day
16
Month
07
Year
1925
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Bowhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Auchterderran
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Register of FAI - struck on the head by the haulage rope. Information from the Inspectors of Mines - 1925: Underground Haulage Accident Three haulage fatalities occurred at Bowhill Colliery, Fife. In the third instance two men were at a curve replacing rollers which had been knocked out by a derailed tub. Unfortunately one man sat on the inside of the curve and when the rope slipped off the rollers he was caught under the chin and flung against a brick wall.