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Surname
ROBERTSON
Forename
Charles
Day
18
Month
04
Year
1924
Age
Occupation
Contractor
Mine/Quarry Name
Lochgelly, Nellie Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
18 April 1924: Accident In Nellie Pit - Charles Robertson, a well-known Cowdenbeath man in angling and footballing circles was the victim of a serious accident at the Nellie Pit, Lochgelly, last Friday. Robertson who is a contractor in the pit, was caught by a hutch on the wheel brae, from the result of which two of his legs were fractured and his left shoulder dislocated. After receiving attention he was conveyed home in the ambulance waggon. [Dunfermline Journal 19 April 1924]