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Surname
LAWSON
Forename
Robert
Day
30
Month
12
Year
1917
Age
39
Occupation
Haulageman
Mine/Quarry Name
Bowhill, No.2 Shaft
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Auchterderran
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
30 October 1917: Cardenden Haulageman's Death - Robert Lawson, haulageman, Woodside Cottage, Woodend, Cardenden, was caught by a race of hutches in No.2 Pit, Bowhill Colliery on Monday. The tail chain connected to the race broke as he was going home from his work. He was jammed against the roadside by the race. He sustained severe injuries to the scalp, and his left hip joint was dislocated. He was removed, after being attended by Dr Walker, to Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital, where he died the following day. He was 39 years of age, and leaves a widow and three young children. [Dunfermline Journal 3 November 1917]