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Surname
KING
Forename
David
Day
20
Month
08
Year
1921
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Bowhill, No.2 Shaft
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Auchterderran
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
20 August 1921: While employed at No 2 Pit, Bowhill Colliery, David King, miner, who resides at Westfield, Bowhill, met with rather serious injuries. He was engaged at the face, and was taken unawares by a fall from the roof. His right leg was broken below the knee and his back injured. [Dunfermline Journal 20 August 1921]