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Surname
McKENNA
Forename
Frank
Day
25
Month
10
Year
1918
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Donibristle, Marion Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
25 October 1918: Cowdenbeath Miner Killed At Donibristle Colliery - Andrew Lamb, miner, residing at Arthur Place, Cowdenbeath, was instantaneously killed in the Marion Pit, Donibristle Colliery, belonging to the Fife Coal Company yesterday by a stone falling from the roof and rushing his head. Another miner Frank M'Kenna, who resides at Broad Street, Cowdenbeath, was badly bruised about the back. Lamb leaves a widow and family. [Dundee Courier 26 October 1918]