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Surname
BURT
Forename
George (Injured)
Day
24
Month
10
Year
1921
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Dunnikier, Pannie Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kirkcaldy
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
24 October 1921: Pit Accident at Kirkcaldy - Man Killed, Another Injured - An accident occurred at Pannie Pit, Kirkcaldy, yesterday, resulting in the death of one of the employees and severe injury to another. While four men were engaged in repairing the shafting supporting the roof of one of the cuttings two of the beams gave way, crushing two of the workers underneath. Help was at once forthcoming, when it was discovered that in the case of Robert Traill, ,7 Orchard Lane, Dysart, the accident had proved fatal. The other man, George Burt, 36 Viceroy Street, Kirkcaldy, was found to be badly crushed, and was immediately removed to hospital. Traill was about 46 years of age, and leaves a widow, and five of a family. [Scotsman 25 October 1921]