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Surname
MERCER
Forename
Robert Cowan
Day
19
Month
09
Year
1934
Age
52
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Rosie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Buckhaven
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
19 September 1934: Claimant To Fortune Killed In Fife Pit - A claimant to a fortune was the victim of a Fife pit fatality yesterday. Robert Cowan Mercer (52), who resided at Swan Buildings, Causeway, Kennoway, was employed at No.2 level of the Wemyss Coal Company's Rosie Colliery, near East Wemyss, when a stone weighing about two tons fell from the roof and crushed him. Death was instantaneous. Mercer, who leaves a widow and family, was one of the claimants to the Mercer millions, and a firm of solicitors in Edinburgh are investigating his claim. [Scotsman 20 September 1934]