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Surname
STOBIE
Forename
William
Day
20
Month
01
Year
1921
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Kinnedar
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Oakley Collieries Ltd
Location
Oakley
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Flash of gas on the face. Wm Stobie died on January 22nd. I killed and 5 injured. 20 January 1921: Pit Explosion – Six Men Injured Near Dunfermline – Kinne[d]ar colliery, near Dunfermline, owned by the Oakley Collieries (Ltd), was the scene of an alarming accident yesterday. As a result six men were injured. Their names are William Stobie, a married man, residing at Milesmark, Dunfermline; James M'Neil, married, residing at Comrie village, Oakley; Alexander Love, married, Oakley: Hugh Love, unmarried, his son; Robert Mitchell, Milesmark ; and Adam Pollock, Oakley. The men were engaged in the five-feet seam, where naked lights are in use, when there was an unexpected ignition of gas. All the men received burns of a serious nature. Assistance was quickly forthcoming, and the men were conveyed to the pithead, where they were medically attended to. Stobie and M'Neil were in a critical condition, and were conveyed to the Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital. Mitchell and Pollock were taken to their homes [Scotsman 21 January 1921] NB William Stobie died January 22nd 1921.