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Surname
PATERSON
Forename
James
Day
03
Month
04
Year
1916
Age
50
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Dalbeath, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Crossgates
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
3 April 1916: Killed By A Roof Fall - James Paterson (50), machineman, 3 Old Reading Room, Hill of Beath, was killed on Monday afternoon in the Kinglassie seam of No.2 Pit Dalbeath Colliery. He was engaged putting up wood behind a coal-cutting machine when a heavy took place from the roof. He was covered by the debris, and suffocated. [Dunfermline Journal 8 April 1916]