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Surname
STEWART
Forename
John
Day
03
Month
11
Year
1905
Age
37
Occupation
Waggon Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Hill of Beath
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased was employed by the Lochgelly Iron & Coal Co., Ltd., at Little Raith Colliery on the south side of the Dunfermline & Thornton Railway. A train of waggons was shunted into Hill of Beath sidings on north side of said railway and he crossed o'er for some purpose and was crushed between the buffers of waggons.