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Surname
PARK
Forename
John
Day
12
Month
03
Year
1902
Age
55
Occupation
Bencher
Mine/Quarry Name
Cowdenbeath
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased was a bencher or hanger-on the foot of a wheel brae 27 feet long and dipping 1 in 5. When about to couple on an empty tub he shouted something which a drawer at the braehead mistook for 'shove over'. The loaded tub was consequently sent away before the empty one was attached to the chain. It struck and drove the empty tub against deceased fracturing a rib which perforated his lung. He died about 12 hours afterwards.