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Surname
PORTERFIELD
Forename
William
Day
24
Month
04
Year
1934
Age
19
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumphinnans
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
24 April 1934: Fife Miner Killed - His Father and Another Man Injured - William Porterfield, aged 19, 56 Small Street, Lochgelly, was killed, and his father, John Porterfield, of the same address, and Ebenezer Dewar, 12 Miller's Buildings, Kelty, injured, in an accident in the main coal seam of No.11 Pit, Lumphinnans Colliery, yesterday morning. The men had been repairing a roadway and a huge stone broke away, striking young Porterfield on the head. The father was also caught by the stone and pinned to the pavement. Two hours elapsed before he was got free. He suffered from bruises and severe shock. Dewar had his right hand injured. [Scotsman 25 April 1934] MINER WHO THOUGHT ONLY OF HIS SON - But His Son Was Already Lying Dead - A man who was pinned clown by a fall of stone in a colliery near Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire, yesterday, told the rescue party: "Don't mind me. Get my son." But his son, William Porterfield, a miner, Lochgelly, had been killed instantly. A large stone had struck him on the head and then pinned his father against the wall. Another worker had hand badly injured. The rescue party assured the father that all was done for his son. Not until two hours afterwards when the father was freed, was informed his son was dead. [Western Daily Press 25 April 1934]