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Surname
STUART
Forename
Walter
Day
15
Month
05
Year
1917
Age
37
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Donibristle, James Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
15 May 1917: Another Victim of A Coal Burst - While Walter Stuart (37), miner, residing at Main Street, Crossgates, was employed in the James Pit, Donibristle Colliery on Tuesday, a sudden burst of coal took place, burying him beneath it. Stuart was in the act of taking down some clay from the top of the coal when the burst took place. His drawer who was out on the road with a hutch at the time, heard shouts, and at once returned to the face. He had removed the coal from off the head of Stuart, and ultimately got him relieved. Assistance was forthcoming and he was taken to the pithead and conveyed home. He was attended to by Dr Selkirk, Cowdenbeath, who found that he was severely bruised about the body and suffering from internal injuries. [Dunfermline Journal 19 May 1917]