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Surname
PENMAN
Forename
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Day
28
Month
03
Year
1924
Age
16
Occupation
Pithead worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Minto
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
28 March 1924: Girl Injured at Lochgelly - A girl named Penman (16), a pithead worker, residing at Hunter Street, Lochgelly, was severely injured yesterday. Along with other girls, she was returning from work at the Minto pit, when a traction engine pulling a heavy waggon passed, and the girls jumped on the iron bar connecting the two vehicles. Penman lost her balance and fell in front of the waggon, which passed over her legs and also over her right arm. Her legs were crushed, and her arm broken in two places. She was removed to the West of Fife Hospital at Dunfermline. [Scotsman 29 March 1924]