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Surname
MOORE
Forename
Thomas
Day
28
Month
09
Year
1931
Age
Occupation
Foreman
Mine/Quarry Name
Aitken
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
28 September 1931: Tragedy In Kelty Pit - Foreman Found Dead - Thomas Moore, Nasmyth Place, Kelty, died under tragic circumstances on Monday morning in the Aitken Colliery, Kelty. Moore, who was employed as an underground foreman, failed to return to the pit bottom at his usual hour, and search was immediately made. He was later found near a pillar in a heading in the Dunfermline Splint section of the pit. The cause of his death has not so far been determined but it is assumed to have been due to gas poisoning. He leaves a wife and a family of three. [Dunfermline Journal 3 October 1931]