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Surname
MAXWELL
Forename
Frank
Day
27
Month
12
Year
1924
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Bowhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Auchterderran
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
27 December 1924: Bowhill – Accident at Colliery – While shifting waggons at the screening plant at Bowhill Colliery, Frank Maxwell had his right hand seriously injured. Maxwell was shifting his waggon a short distance and when stopping it with the catch in the usual way the accident happened. The little finger was cut right off and the forefinger so badly smashed that a portion had to be amputated. After being attended to at the colliery, he was conveyed to the Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital, and after the amputation operation he was conveyed home. [Dunfermline Journal 27 December 1924]