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Surname
SLOAN
Forename
John
Day
19
Month
10
Year
1939
Age
Occupation
Undermanager
Mine/Quarry Name
Valleyfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newmills
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
19 October 1939: Fife Colliery Under-Manager Killed - Yesterday forenoon a fatal accident occurred at the Valleyfield Colliery of the Fife Coal Company, Ltd. The victim was John Sloan, the pit under-manager, who was caught and almost instantaneously killed by a large stone which fell upon him from the roof in the Diamond section. Sloan, who was married, and resided at Woodneuk, Low Valleyfield, was a well-known personality in the village, in most of the social and other organisations of which he took a great interest. [Scotsman 20 October 1939]