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Surname
YOUNG
Forename
Thomas
Day
18
Month
09
Year
1915
Age
35
Occupation
Pit Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Donibristle, No.12 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Donibristle
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
18 September 1915: Fatal Accident At Donibristle - Thomas Young, a pit bottomer, who resided at Dunfermline Road, Crossgates, was instantaneously killed as the result of an accident at No 12 Pit, Donibristle Colliery, on Saturday. Young was in the act of putting a hutch onto the cage at the pit bottom when through some misunderstanding the winding engine was set in motion and he was drawn up the shaft a distance of over fifty yards, and so severely crushed that death must have been instantaneous. Deceased who was about 35 years of age leaves a widow and a family of two. [Dunfermline Journal 25 September 1915]