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Surname
STEVENSON
Forename
John
Day
07
Month
08
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Roadsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Aitken
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
7 August 1915: KELTY MINER INJURED. While engaged in his duties as roadsman in Aitken Pit, Blyth, John Stevenson, residing in Kelty, had his leg broken and severely crushed. He had been engaged in repairing some of the numerous lines underground when a piece of stone fell from the roof. After being conveyed to the surface his injuries were attended to Dr Moir. [Dundee Courier 7 August 1915]