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Surname
ROLLO
Forename
James
Day
31
Month
05
Year
1937
Age
59
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Rosie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Buckhaven
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
31 May 1937: James Rollo, miner, aged 59, residing at 21 Herd Crescent, Methilhill was seriously injured early yesterday morning in the Rosie Colliery, near Buckhaven. Rollo was working on the main haulage road when one of the steel haulage ropes suddenly broke away from the guiding pulley on a bend of the road and crushed him against the side of the haulage way. He received a fracture of both legs and one of his arms was fractured in two places. He was conveyed to Wemyss Memorial Hospital. [Scotsman 1 June 1937]