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Surname
MacNIVEN
Forename
John
Day
25
Month
08
Year
1915
Age
37
Occupation
Waggon Shunter
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumphinnans, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
25 August 1915: Waggon Shunter's Death At Lumphinnans - Shortly after midday on Wednesday John Macniven, waggon shunter, lately residing at Mungall Street, Lumphinnans, was fatally injured while engaged in shunting waggons at No.1 Pit, Lumphinnans Colliery of the Fife Coal Company. He slipped and fell in front of a race of three loaded waggons which passed over his body. Macniven, who was 37 years of age, leaves a widow and three children. [Dunfermline Journal 28 August 1915]