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Surname
McCRAE
Forename
Robert
Day
04
Month
05
Year
1911
Age
55
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Lochhead, Victoria Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Coaltown of Wemyss
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
The seam of coal is 28 feet thick and is worked in four lifts. The accident happened in the second working; the bottom lift had been worked some time before and the range of faces was over the waste. Deceased was turning back coal when the stone & Coal forming the roof fell out between two slips and killed him.