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Surname
McKINLAY
Forename
James
Day
30
Month
04
Year
1929
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Mary Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co. (?)
Location
Lochore
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
30 April 1929: Lochgelly Miner Killed - Fall of Stone - A well-known young Lochgelly man, James McKinlay, was killed on Tuesday, while at his work in the Mary Colliery, belonging to the Lochgelly Iron and Coal Company. He was engaged with James Forrester, Whyte Street, Lochgelly, in adjusting “straps” in the Little seam of the colliery, when, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a stone broke away from the roof, and fell on McKinlay. Forrester and another man who was working close by, David Wilson, 52a Melville Street, Lochgelly, had a narrow escape. McKinlay who was about 25 years of age, was well known in connection with local billiards tournaments, and was to have taken part in a billiards match on Tuesday night. He was also a member of Lochgelly Tennis Club. His father who was for many years a director of the old Lochgelly United Football Club, died only about [illegible] months ago, and this caused his son to alter his plans for emigrating to America. [Dunfermline Journal 4 May 1929]