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Surname
MURRAY
Forename
James
Day
23
Month
08
Year
1934
Age
22
Occupation
Electrical engineer
Mine/Quarry Name
Minto, Brigghills Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
23 August 1934: Fife Engineer - James Murray aged 22, son of Mr and Mrs David Murray, Dundonald Park, Cardenden, died in Kirkcaldy Hospital yesterday, a transfusion of blood given by his mother having failed to save him. Murray, an electrical engineer, was employed in Brighills Colliery, Cardenden. . He was struck by a race of hutches on Wednesday, and removed to Kirkcaldy Hospital. It was found that an operation was necessary, and the doctors agreed that the only hope of recovery lay in a blood transfusion. They immediately communicated with his mother, who offered her blood, and dashed by car to Kirkcaldy. The operation was performed, but Murray died early yesterday. [Scotsman 24 August 1934]