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Surname
KIRK
Forename
Robert
Day
06
Month
10
Year
1928
Age
40
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Bowhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Auchterderran
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
6 October 1928: Miner Seriously Injured - Robert Kirk, 40 years of age, unmarried, and residing with his parents at Cluny, Cardenden, met with serious injuries while engaged in the “Five Feet” seam at Bowhill Colliery. A sudden outburst of coal caught him, and it was with difficulty that he was got out from under the fall, as during rescue operations the roof threatened to collapse. The unfortunate man, suffering from head and body injuries, was removed by ambulance to Kirkcaldy Hospital. [Dunfermline Journal 6 October 1928]