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Surname
NESS
Forename
David
Day
23
Month
01
Year
1932
Age
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Wellsgreen
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Coaltown of Wemyss
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
23 January 1932: Fife Colliery Fatality - Inquiry into Leven Man's Death - Formal Verdict at Kirkcaldy - Sheriff Dudley Stuart and a jury conducted inquiries into two fatalities at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court to-day. The first inquiry was into the death of David Ness, underground fireman, 12 Haughgate Avenue, Leven, who was killed in Wellsgreen Colliery, by being run over by several hutches. Joseph Bell, manager of Wellsgreen, explained that deceased's duties were that of "tail runner" who had to signal hutches on to different roads by means of an electric bell. At the time of the accident six hutches were being taken up the main haulage road, but no one had seen the accident occur. It was difficult to say how the accident really happened, and he could only state that the body was found lying below the second hutch of the three which were derailed. It might have been that deceased slipped, because the road was bit uneven at that part. After further evidence a formal verdict was returned. A similar verdict was also given in the case of Alexander Rodger, general labourer, 25 Pratt Street, Kirkcaldy, who died of septic pneumonia in Kirkcaldy Hospital as a result of an injury to his thumb while employed in the Central Flour Mill, Kirkcaldy. [Evening Telegraph 18 March 1932]