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Surname
THOMSON
Forename
John
Day
24
Month
07
Year
1921
Age
Occupation
Engineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Glencraig
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
24 July 1921: Lochgelly Engineman Burned - Three colliery enginemen sustained burning injuries at Glencraig Colliery, Lochgelly, last Sunday night. The men involved were Alexander Millar, Lochore; James Condie, North Glencraig; and John Thomson, Lochgelly. They were engaged in putting in a new gauge in the enginehouse, and were severely burned by steam from the exhaust. [Dunfermline Journal 30 July 1921]