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Surname
REILLY
Forename
William or John
Day
13
Month
03
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Glencraig
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
13 March 1915: Glencraig Brusher Killed – John Reilly, a brusher, lately residing at John Street, Crosshill, was killed on Saturday in Glencraig Colliery, of the Wilson and Clyde Coal Company. He had just started to work when a large stone fell from the roof, knocking him down and inflicting serious internal and external injuries. He died while being conveyed to the surface. [Dunfermline Journal 20 March 1915]