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Surname
WALKINSHAW
Forename
Robert
Day
21
Month
06
Year
1920
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Blairenbathie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
20 & 21 June 1920: Cowdenbeath Pit Accidents - Two fatal accidents have occurred in the Cowdenbeath District. Thomas Cowan, 45, who resided at Mid Row, Hill of Beath, was killed by a fall of stone in Dalbeath Pit, and Robert Walkinshaw, Church Row, Kelty met his death in a like manner at Blairenbathie Pit, Kelty. Cowan leaves a widow and eight of a family, and Walkinshaw a widow and three children. [Scotsman 23 June 1920] Fatal Accident Inquiry At Kinross - A fatal accident inquiry was held in the court room on Wednesday into the circumstances attending the death of Robert Walkinshaw, miner, lately residing at Church Street, Kelty, who was killed by the sudden fall of a large stone while he was at work. A formal verdict returned. [Dunfermline Journal 24 July 1920]