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Surname
BISSET
Forename
John
Day
24
Month
08
Year
1912
Age
42
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Cowdenbeath, No.7 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
They were engaged in driving through some old stoop and room workings. The face had approached a point where four roads met when a fall of roof occurred, which buried them both. The cavity left by the fall was 22 feet high and 20 feet long. 2 killed.