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Surname
TRURAN
Forename
William
Day
25
Month
08
Year
1936
Age
Occupation
Stripper
Mine/Quarry Name
Aitken
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
25 August 1936: A Kelty miner, William Truran, died in the Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital yesterday morning as the result of injuries received a week ago in an accident in the Aitken Colliery, Kelty, belonging to the Fife Coal Company Ltd. He was engaged in his work as a stripper when a large stone fell from the roof, fracturing one of his legs and injuring his spine. Truran was a member of the board of management of Kelty Co-operative Society Ltd. [Scotsman 26 August 1936]