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Surname
BONNAR
Forename
James
Day
18
Month
05
Year
1917
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Little Raith, Gordon Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
18 May 1917: Fatal Accident At Gordon Pit - James Bonnar, a miner, who resided at Thistle Street, Cowdenbeath, was caught by a fall of coal in the Duddy [illegible] Gordon Pit, Raith Colliery, belonging to the Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co. yesterday. He was injured about the head so severely that he died shortly after the accident. He leaves a wife and ten children. He was a keen angler. [Dunfermline Journal 19 May 1917] FATAL ACCIDENT IN FIFE PIT. James Bonner, a miner, who resided at Thistle Street, Cowdenbeath, was caught beneath a fall of the "Duddy Davie" seam of the Gordon Pit, Raith Colliery, belonging to the Lochgelly Iron and Coal Company, yesterday. He was injured about the head so severely that he died shortly after the accident. He leaves a widow and ten children. [Dundee Courier 15 May 1917]