FIFESHIRE JOURNAL, THURSDAY 2ND NOVEMBER 1848
FATAL ACCIDENT
On Saturday last, Jane Dobbie, a girl of three years of age, fell into some dirty water in a dung-pit at Cairneyhill and was unfortunately drowned before assistance could be procured.
DUNDEE EVENING POST, MONDAY 14TH OCTOBER 1901
FATAL BUS ACCIDENT NEAR DUNFERMLINE
David Wilson, photographic portrait canvasser, Cairneyhill, died this morning from the effect of injuries sustained on the highway between Dunfermline and Cairneyhill on Saturday night. Wilson was lying on the road at a late hour, and was run over by one of the Culross ‘buses.
THE SCOTSMAN, FRIDAY 19TH JANUARY 1940
WEST FIFE FATALITIES
Two fatal accidents occurred in West Fife yesterday, James Murdoch McDonald (13), son of Mr John McDonald, Main Street, Cairneyhill, was knocked down by a bus on the main road near Torryburn School. Suffering from severe head injuries, he was taken to a nearby ARP [Air Raid Precautions] post, where he died almost immediately.
James Herd, miner, 43 Midfield Terrace, Steelend, was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a lorry near Saline.
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