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Surname
PARKER
Forename
William
Day
15
Month
01
Year
1935
Age
31
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Victoria (k)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
West Wemyss
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
15 January 1935: Fife Miner Killed By Heavy Stone - A Wemyss (Fife) miner was killed yesterday afternoon at the Victoria Pit,West Wemyss. He was William Parker (31) residing at Main Street, West Wemyss. He had just descended the mine on the forenoon shift, and had walked only about 70 yards along the road leading to the coalface, when a stone weighing about one ton fell from the roof on top of him. Death was instantaneous. He leaves a widow and four children. [Scotsman 16 January 1935]