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Surname
WADDELL
Forename
James
Day
17
Month
02
Year
1913
Age
29
Occupation
Bogieman
Mine/Quarry Name
Dunnikier, No.2 Pannie Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kirkcaldy
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased was riding on the bogie in front of a rake of 12 full hutches, which was gravitating towards the shaft siding at 5 to 6 miles per hour, when the bogie and the first two hutches left the rails, and he was crushed between a hutch and the side of the road. He died two days later.