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Surname
WALLACE
Forename
Alexander
Day
08
Month
01
Year
1920
Age
15
Occupation
Pithead Worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Dunnikier, Pannie Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kirkcaldy
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Crushed between cage door and scaffolding at mouth of pit. Death certificate and NAS catalogue "Plan and section of banking level at Dunnikier Colliery where Alexander Wallace was fatally injured on 5 January 1920" 8 January 1920: Alexander Wallace (15), pithead worker, 20 Overton Road, Kirkcaldy, has died in Kirkcaldy Hospital as the result of injuries sustained the Pannie Pit, Dunnikier Colliery. He was removing a waggon from the cage at the pithead when he was jammed between the scaffold and the shaft, receiving fatal internal injuries. [Dundee Courier 10 January 1920]