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Surname
SHARP
Forename
Thomas
Day
16
Month
06
Year
1917
Age
47
Occupation
Stone Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Lindsay, No.4 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
16 June 1917: Two Miners In A Blasting Accident - Early on Saturday morning, William Innes (31) stone miner, Church Street, Kingseat, and Thos. Sharp (47), stone miner, West Park Street, Cowdenbeath, were seriously injured by a blasting accident which occurred in No.4 Pit, Lindsay Colliery, Kelty. Shortly after midnight three shots were lit by the fireman. An explosion followed, and it was assumed that all the shots had fired. The two men took their “piece” and returned to their working place. While employed there about 4 o'clock a shot exploded. Innes sustained a compound fracture of the left leg below the knee and of the right forearm. Sharp sustained severe flesh wounds on the breast and both arms. They were attended to by Dr Moir, Kelty, who ordered their removal to Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital. [Dunfermline Journal 23 June 1917]