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Surname
STRATHIE
Forename
David
Day
11
Month
07
Year
1931
Age
42
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Valleyfield, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newmills
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
11 July 1931: Valleyfield Man's Death - Sequel To Colliery Accident - David Strathie (42) Abbey Crescent, High Valleyfield, one of the victims of the burning accident in Valleyfield Colliery last week, has died in Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital. Four men were injured as the result of an explosion of gas in No.2 pit. Strathie received extensive burns from the waist upwards, and also suffered severely from shock. The other two men admitted to hospital, James Harrison, jun, 44 Woodhead Street, High Valleyfield and Thomas Shimmons, fireman, Low Valleyfield are progressing favourably. [Dunfermline Journal 18 July 1931]