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Surname
MITCHELL
Forename
John
Day
25
Month
07
Year
1940
Age
35
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Bowhill, No.2 Shaft
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Auchterderran
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
25 July 1940: Miner Killed at Work - A miner was killed Bowhill Colliery, Cardenden, early to-day. He was John Mitchell (35), 6 Carden Crescent, Cardenden. While at work in the Diamond Section of No.2 Pit, a stone fell from the roof, killing him instantly. He leaves a wife and three children. [Evening Telegraph 25 July 1940]