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Surname
PETRIE
Forename
George
Day
28
Month
04
Year
1916
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairenbathie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
28 April 1916: Kelty – Accident – While at work in Blairenbathie Pit on Friday, George Petrie, residing in Black Road, Kelty, had his head and shoulders severely cut and a thumb badly damaged by a fall of coal from the face. After being attended Petrie, who had only begun working in the colliery that day, was removed home in the ambulance. [Lochgelly & Kelty News 2 May 1916]