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Surname
BOWMAN
Forename
David
Day
08
Month
11
Year
1940
Age
70
Occupation
Retired miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Foulford
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
8 November 1940: RETIRED MINER KILLED BY WAGGON - David Bowman, a retired miner, 70 years of age, who lived at Union Street, Cowdenbeath, died last night in the West Fife Hospital, Dunfermline, from injuries received a few hours previously at Cowdenbeath. Bowman was on the premises of the Fife Coal Co. at Foulford, when he was struck by an empty waggon which ran over him. Deceased, who had resided in Cowdenbeath nearly all his life, is survived by his wife and a grown-up family. [Evening Telegraph 9 November 1940]