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Surname
PETERS
Forename
Andrew
Day
17
Month
07
Year
1915
Age
33
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Kinglassie, New Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kinglassie
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
17 July 1915: Leslie Miner Killed - Andrew Peters, who resided at Walketon, Leslie, was killed last night while working in the new pit, by the fall of a stone from the roof. A former ploughman, he was about 33 years of age, and leaves a wife and three young children. When killed Peters was within an hour of stopping work for the holidays. [Edinburgh Evening News 17 July 1915] FIFE PIT FATALITY - Intimation was received in Leslie on Saturday that Andrew Peters had been instantaneously killed through a fall of stone at Kinglassie New Pit. The accident took place an hour before Peters was due to stop work for his summer holidays. Peters, who was 33 years of age, was the son of Mr James Peters, Leslie, and leaves a wife and three young children. [Dundee Courier 19 July 1915]