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Surname
KILLIGAN
Forename
Robert
Day
19
Month
05
Year
1941
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Little Raith, Dora Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
19 May 1941: MINER INJURED BY COAL FALL – Robert Killigan, miner, 42 Arthur Place, Cowdenbeath, has been removed to the West Fife Hospital, Dunfermline, seriously injured as the result of an accident in the Dora Pit, Cowdenbeath, belonging to Lochgelly Coal Co. Killigan was struck by fall of coal, and received injuries to his back and a fractured leg. [Evening Telegraph 19 May 1941]