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Surname
PATERSON
Forename
William Jnr
Day
19
Month
03
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Hanger-on
Mine/Quarry Name
Aitken
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
19 March 1915: Accident To Hanger-On – William Paterson, jun., hanger-on, residing at Normand Place, Upper Oakfield, Kelty, was injured in the pit bottom of the Aitken Pit, Kelty, on Friday. He had been in the act of hanging on hutches which had to descend a short incline, when two or more hutches came forward and jammed his head. He was conveyed to the surface and attended by Dr Keay, who had him removed to the Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital. The effect of the crush was to fracture the lad's skull. [Dunfermline Journal 20 March 1915]