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Surname
PROVAN
Forename
Edward James Brown
Day
29
Month
08
Year
1940
Age
46
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Lochgelly, Nellie Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
29 August 1940: MINER DIES OF INJURIES - James Provan (46), miner, Clune Crescent, Glencraig, has died in Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital as the result of injuries received through a fall of coal at the Nellie Pit. [Evening Telegraph 31 August 1940] NAS catalogue - FAI "Edward James Brown Provan, coal miner, 4 Clune Crescent, died on 29 Aug 1940 at West Fife Hospital, Dunfermline, from injuries sustained on the same day at The Nellie Colliery, Auchterderran Parish, Fife, by a fall of material from the roof".