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Surname
WHYTE
Forename
George
Day
03
Month
11
Year
1936
Age
27
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Lumphinnans
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
3 November 1936: Miner Killed At Lumphinnans - George Whyte, brusher, Park Avenue, Cowdenbeath, lost his life in No.XI Pit, Lumphinnans Colliery, yesterday morning, through being crushed about the head by a stone which suddenly came away from the face of the brushing. Whyte was 27 years of age, and had been married for only three months. [Scotsman 4 November 1936]