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Surname
BLAIR
Forename
Andrew Philp
Day
21
Month
11
Year
1916
Age
31
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Lindsay, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
21 November 1916: Kelty – Miner's Death – Andrew Blair, 31, miner, William Terrace, Lower Oakfield, died in Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital last Tuesday from the effects of an accident which he received in No.2 Pit Lindsay Colliery early on the morning of that day. He was at work in the Jersey section when an unexpected fall of stone from the roof took place. He was seriously injured internally. Blair was married and is survived by a widow and four young children. [Lochgelly & Kelty News 28 November 1916]