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Surname
PURDIE
Forename
Alexander
Day
04
Month
03
Year
1916
Age
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Dunnikier, Pannie Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kirkcaldy
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
4 March 1916: KIRKCALDY MINER KILLED IN PIT. Alexander Purdie, a Kirkcaldy miner residing at 2 East Smeaton Street, was killed in the Pannie Pit, Kirkcaldy, on Saturday morning. He was preparing to put in action an electric coal-cutting machine, when it came back upon him, jamming his head underneath and terribly lacerating his arms. Death was instantaneous. [Dundee Courier 6 March 1916]