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	Seafield Colliery	Index	Seafield Colliery

Location:	Kirkcaldy 10½ miles [16 km] N of Edinburgh
Map Ref:	(Sheet 66 Edinburgh, Penicuik and North Berwick) NT278896, 56° 5' 39" N, 3° 9' 37" W
Opened:	1966
Closed:	1988
Sinking Started:	1954
Pits:	No. 1 Pit, opened: 1967, closed: 1997
	No. 2 Pit, opened: 1967, closed: 1997
Owners:	1966 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

10th

May

1973

Extensive fall of roof, 5 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Comrie, James, 10 May 1973, aged 49, Assistant shearer operator, Killed by an extensive fall of roof [More information ...]
						Guthrie, Angus, 10 May 1973, aged 20, Brusher, Killed by an extensive fall of roof [More information ...]
						Henderson, Robert, 10 May 1973, aged 59, Chocker, Killed by an extensive fall of roof [More information ...]
						Holmes, James, 10 May 1973, aged 53, Chocker, Killed by an extensive fall of roof [More information ...]
						Kilpatrick, Thomas, 10 May 1973, aged 38, Leading man, Killed by an extensive fall of roof [More information ...]
						5 names found

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