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Surname
MARSHALL
Forename
Janet
Day
05
Month
01
Year
1920
Age
16
Occupation
Pithead Worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Donibristle, No.12 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Donibristle
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
5 January 1920: Cowdenbeath Girl Injured At Pithead - Janet Marshall, sixteen years of age, pithead worker, who resides at Arthur's Place, Cowdenbeath, has been badly injured at No.12 Pit, Donibristle Colliery, Cowdenbeath. The girl was at her employment, when her right foot slipped between two pinion wheels of a "creeper." Luckily the chain which drives the wheels broke with the strain, or the accident would have been more serious. As it was, her foot was so badly smashed that she had to be removed to the West Fife Hospital, where three of her toes were amputated. [Dundee Courier 5 January 1920]