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Surname
McDONOUGH
Forename
John
Day
06
Month
03
Year
1944
Age
66
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Aitken
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
6 March 1944: Court Tribute To Dead Miner - Tribute was paid to a veteran miner when an inquiry was held Dunfermline Sheriff Court to-day into the death of John M'Donough (66), 1 Oak Street, Kelty, who died as the result of a heart attack on March 6 in the underground workings the Aitken Colliery, Kelty. Mr J. M. Hyslop, solicitor, said that the general manager of the Fife Coal Co., the agent and the manager of the colliery wished to express publicly their regret at the passing of a very faithful servant and to pay tribute to one of the older miners who in these trying times had continued at a very heavy job at an age when normally he would have been either retired or put on light work. It had been suggested to M'Donough after a previous illness that he take a lighter job, but he repudiated that suggestion with the remark "There's a war on." Sheriff Mac Lean returning a formal verdict said the court would concur in paying tribute to a man of that age who had continued at work in spite of difficulties. [Evening Telegraph 18 May 1944]