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Surname
LAWRIE
Forename
Robert
Day
06
Month
01
Year
1919
Age
38
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Frances
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Rosslyn's Collieries Ltd
Location
Dysart
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
6 January 1919: Robert Lawrie (38), miner,18 Rosslyn Street, Kirkcaldy, has died in Kirkcaldy Hospital from injuries sustained while at work in Dubbie Pit, Dysart Colliery. He had been engaged in the shaft assisting to repair the pumping rods when a large stone crashed on to the roof of the cage on which Lawrie was standing. The stone did not puncture the roof of the cage, but it made a dent about two inches deep. Lawrie must have been standing with his head close to the roof of the cage, as he received a punctured wound on the top of the head. [Scotsman 8 January 1919]