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Surname
WILLIAMSON
Forename
James
Day
16
Month
01
Year
1917
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Valleyfield, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newmills
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
20 January 1917: Serious Accident to Valleyfield Miner - While James Williamson, miner, Preston Crescent, High Valleyfield, Culross, was engaged on Tuesday morning in No.1 Pit Valleyfield Colliery of the Fife Coal Coy, a fall of coal [illegible] discovered that Williamson had sustained severe injuries, which include a fractured pelvis. He was removed to Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital. His condition is regarded as critical. [Dunfermline Journal 20 January 1917] NB James Williamson died 20 January 1917 in the Cottage Hospital, Dunfermline of a fractured pelvis