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Surname
BOYD
Forename
William
Day
25
Month
08
Year
1930
Age
14
Occupation
Pit Bottom Hand
Mine/Quarry Name
Lindsay
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
25 August 1930: Kelty pit fatality - William Boyd, the fourteen-year-old son of David Boyd, Boyd's Buildings, Kelty, who only commenced work underground on Thursday last, was killed yesterday in the Lindsay Colliery, Kelty. The lad had been engaged at the pit bottom loading and unloading hutches. No one witnessed the accident, but it is thought that he had slipped and fallen underneath the descending cage. [Scotsman 26 August 1930]