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Surname
STRACHAN
Forename
David (or William?)
Day
28
Month
12
Year
1914
Age
46
Occupation
Hanger-On
Mine/Quarry Name
Aitken
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased had assisted to put four empty tubs or the lower deck of the cage. He had just finished fixing the guard and the cage was signalled away, when the girl in charge of the blocks allowed some empty tubs to get through, and he was pushed against the automatically closing ventilating doors at the shaft top at the moment they were closing and caught and killed.