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Surname
WALLACE
Forename
David
Day
19
Month
03
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Oncost Worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Lassodie, No.10 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Thomas Spowart & Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
16 March 1915: Miraculous Escape At Lassodie Colliery – David Wallace, oncost worker, residing at 45 Fairfield, Lassodie, had a miraculous escape with his life in No.10 Pit Lassodie Colliery on Tuesday. He was clearing a small fall when a stone weighing two tons descended from the roof. He was jammed against the pavement, but fortunately one end of the stone fell upon the hutch, which kept it two feet from the ground so that his body remained free. Had the stone fully covered the man he must have been crushed to death. As it was he sustained a compound fracture of the left leg. Comrades came to his aid, and had the stone moved off him. He was afterwards conveyed to the Hospital at Dunfermline, where Dr M'Murtrie attended to his injuries. [Dunfermline Journal 20 March 1915]