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Surname
McEWAN
Forename
Gabriel
Day
10
Month
01
Year
1930
Age
Occupation
Pan-Shifter
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumphinnans, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
10 January 1930: Cowdenbeath Miner Seriously Injured - Crushed by Falling Stone. - Gabriel M'Ewan, 15 Shamrock Place, Cowdenbeath, is at present in the West Fife Hospital in a critical condition as the result of an accident which took place in No.1 Pit, Lumphinnans Colliery, belonging to the West Fife Coal Company. M'Ewan, who is a pan-shifter in the fivefoot section, was, along with some others, testing the roof, when suddenly a stone fell from the roof and crushed him. He was taken to the pithead, where after medical examination it was discovered that he was suffering from an incomplete fracture of the spine, and was at once removed to the West Fife Hospital. [Evening Telegraph 5 September 1928] Injuries received in roof fall 3 Sept 1928. FAI report -