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Surname
McLAREN
Forename
William
Day
30
Month
01
Year
1934
Age
15
Occupation
Bogie Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Victoria (k)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
West Wemyss
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
30 January 1934: Boy Killed In Fife Pit - A 15-year-old boy was killed yesterday while employed underground in the Victoria Pit, West Wemyss, owned by the Wemyss Coal Company Ltd. William M'Laren; residing at 9 Lancer Terrace, Coaltown of Wemyss; was employed on a bogie which is attached to a rope for pulling hutches. He must have fallen off the bogie and been run over by the hutches. No one witnessed the accident. Some of the workmen were surprised to observe the bogie travelling along the haulage way without the driver. On investigating they came upon the body of the boy lying on the haulage road, badly mauled. His brother David M'Laren, is a well-known Scottish professional mile and Marathon runner. [Scotsman 31 January 1934]