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Surname
TRACEY
Forename
Martin
Day
25
Month
01
Year
1916
Age
21
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Valleyfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newmills
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
25 January 1916: Fatal Colliery Accident in Fife - Martin Tracey (21), miner, Preston Crescent, High Valleyfield, met with a fatal accident at the Fife Coal Company's Valleyfield colliery yesterday. He was engaged uncoupling a hutch, when he was overtaken by a heavy roof fall, which occurred without warning. [Scotsman 26 January 1916]