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Surname
WALLACE
Forename
James
Day
04
Month
12
Year
1923
Age
50
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Randolph.
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Earl of Rosslyn's Collieries Ltd
Location
Dysart
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
4 October 1923: Fatal Accident in Pit at Dysart - James Wallace, 50 years of age, unmarried, residing at 92 Rosslyn Street, Gallatown, yesterday met his death as a result of an accident in Randolph Pit, Dysart. He is understood to have been engaged in taking hutches from the cage, when it suddenly descended. He was struck on the head and crushed. [Scotsman 5 October 1923]