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Surname
ORCHISON
Forename
David (Injured)
Day
07
Month
12
Year
1921
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Bowhill, No.1 Shaft
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Auchterderran
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
7 December 1921: On Wednesday morning shortly after starting work in No.1 Pit, Bowhill, David Orchison, miner, residing at Flockhouse, met with rather serious injuries to his back. Orchison had been engaged in lifting a loaded hutch on the rails when he slipped and injured his back. After being taken to the ambulance room and attended to by Dr Young, he was conveyed home by motor ambulance. [Dunfermline Journal 10 December 1921]