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Surname
O'DONNELL
Forename
Joseph
Day
10
Month
08
Year
1925
Age
41
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Cowdenbeath, No.10 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
10 August 1925: Cowdenbeath Miner Injured - Fall of Stone at No.10 Pit - Joseph O'Donnell (41), a miner, who resides at Cocklaw Street, Kelty, was removed to the Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital on Friday in a critical condition, the result of an accident which took place at the High Glassee section of No.10 Pit, Cowdenbeath. O'Donnell was working at the face, propping the roof. He had one prop in, and was in the act of putting in another to make the roof secure, when, caused by a hidden lipe, a large stone nearly 6ft long and 3ft broad, fell from the roof, crushing him to the pavement. When he was extricated it was seen he was in a very bad condition, and he was removed to the hospital. [Dunfermline Journal 13 December 1924] NB Joseph O'Donnell died 10 August 1925.