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Surname
ROSS
Forename
William
Day
21
Month
12
Year
1933
Age
36
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Valleyfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newmills
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
21 December 1933: Fatal Pit Accident - Rescue Party' s Long Rescue Efforts in Fife - Distressing circumstances were associated with a fatal accident which occurred yesterday morning in the Fife coal Company's Valleyfield Colliery, near Dunfermline. The victim was William Ross (36), a colliery fireman, who resided at Main Street, Newmills. At about three o'clock in the morning Ross was making an inspection, when there was an extensive fall of coal, completely burying him. A rescue party immediately set to work in an endeavour to extricate him but it was not until one o'clock in the afternoon that Ross was located. When the body was partially cleared, he was found to be dead. The rescue party had to continue their operations for some time before the body could be extricated. [Scotsman 22 December 1933]