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Surname
MITCHELL
Forename
John
Day
12
Month
05
Year
1917
Age
47
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Cowdenbeath, No.4 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
12 May 1917: Cowdenbeath Miner Killed - John Mitchell, 9 Union Street, Cowdenbeath, while attending a coal cutting machine in No.4 Pit, Cowdenbeath colliery, on Saturday morning, was caught by the moving machinery, with the result that his right leg was torn away from the body. He died while being conveyed to the pit bottom. He was 47 years of age, and the support of his widowed mother. This is the third member of the family to lose his life in local mining accidents. [Scotsman 14 May 1917]