Full Details

Surname

WALLACE

Forename

James

Day

04

Month

12

Year

1923

Age

50

Occupation

Miner

Mine/Quarry Name

Randolph.

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Earl of Rosslyn's Collieries Ltd

Location

Dysart

County

Fifeshire

Details of Event

4 October 1923: Fatal Accident in Pit at Dysart - James Wallace, 50 years of age, unmarried, residing at 92 Rosslyn Street, Gallatown, yesterday met his death as a result of an accident in Randolph Pit, Dysart. He is understood to have been engaged in taking hutches from the cage, when it suddenly descended. He was struck on the head and crushed. [Scotsman 5 October 1923]