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Surname
SMITH
Forename
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Day
13
Month
09
Year
1921
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairenbathie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
13 September 1921: Mining Accident At Kelty - “Yankee Shots” Explode - A very serious accident occurred in Blairenbathie Colliery on Tuesday in the Main coal seam. A young man named Smith, who was working along with his brother, was the victim. It is customary in this seam to fire “Yankee shots” at night for the next day’s work, and apparently one of the shots had mis-fired. Smith, who was holing, had evidently struck this shot with his pick, receiving the debris mostly about the face. He was conveyed to the Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital, where efforts are being made to preserve the sight of his eyes. Luckily his brother escaped with a slight bruise on the arm. [Dunfermline Journal 17 September 1921]