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Surname
BURNETT
Forename
James
Day
14
Month
10
Year
1926
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Elgin & Wellwood, Leadside Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Thomas Spowart & Co. Ltd
Location
Dunfermline
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
14 October 1926: Fife Pit Fatality - The first pit fatality in Fife since the beginning of the strike occurred yesterday in Leadside pit, near Dunfermline. Belonging to Thomas Spowart & Company (Ltd), where nearly a score of men have returned to work. The victim was James Burnett, Lochhead Cottages, Wellwood, who was killed by a fall of stone from the roof. Deceased was sixteen-years of age, and had only been employed underground for about a fortnight. [Scotsman 15 October 1926]