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Surname
LYNAS
Forename
John
Day
31
Month
12
Year
1929
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Glencraig
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
31 December 1929: Serious Pit Accident - A serious accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Glencraig Colliery, belonging to Wilson & Clyde Coal Co. (Ltd.), when John Lynas, miner, residing at South Glencraig, was severely injured, sustaining a compound fracture of the left leg. The accident is believed to have been caused by a coal-cutter breaking away from the tree to which it was attached, and racing down an incline. So serious were the injuries that the victim's foot had to be taken off at the pithead before he was conveyed to the Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital. At the hospital it was found necessary to amputate the whole leg. [Scotsman 1 January 1930]