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Surname
RITCHIE
Forename
Andrew
Day
14
Month
08
Year
1916
Age
32
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Mossbeath
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
14 August 1916: Cowdenbeath – Brusher Killed – Yesterday, Andrew Ritchie, a brusher, was accidentally killed in Moss Side Pit, No.1, Cowdenbeath. Ritchie, who was about 32 years of age, had been engaged in firing a shot in the “East Diamond” seam when the charge went off prematurely, killing Ritchie instantaneously. He had been in lodgings at High Street, Cowdenbeath, but belonged to Glasgow district, where his widow and daughter reside. [Lochgelly & Kelty News 15 August 1916]