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Surname
SMITH
Forename
Edward
Day
16
Month
01
Year
1928
Age
57
Occupation
Jigger-engineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Lochore, Mary Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochore
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
16 January 1928: Man Caught By Revolving Shaft - An accident attended by fatal results occurred in the Mary Pit, Lochore, on Monday. Edward Smith (57), jigger-engineman, 55 Waverley Street, Lochore, was the victim of the unfortunate happening and it appears that while in the vicinity of the engine, the sleeve of his jacket was caught by a pin in the revolving shaft, and whirled round and round with the revolutions of the shaft. He was drawn in amongst the machinery, one of his arms being wrenched off, and his body otherwise badly mutilated. When the machinery was brought to rest he was dead, and it is assumed that death was instantaneous. [Dunfermline Journal 21 January 1928]