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Surname
WATT
Forename
Andrew (Injured)
Day
19
Month
01
Year
1927
Age
30
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Donibristle, Marion Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Cowdenbeath
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
19 January 1928: Cowdenbeath Miner Injured By Fall of Coal - Andrew Watt, 30, brusher, residing at 37 Arthur Place, Cowdenbeath, sustained a fracture of the right thigh while at work in the Marion Pit, Donibristle, on Thursday. Watt had been employed brushing when a piece of coal fell on him from the roof. He received attention at the colliery, but was later conveyed to the Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital, where he is meantime detained. [Dunfermline Journal 21 January 1928]