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Surname
CONNELLY
Forename
Patrick
Day
09
Month
08
Year
1929
Age
50
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitrigg
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Forrester & Co. Ltd
Location
Whitburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
9 August 1929: Late on Thursday night, Patrick Connelly (50), miner Bathgate Road, Blackburn, West Lothian, was knocked down and run over by a runaway rake of empty hutches in the same colliery [Whitrigg]. His right leg was fractured in three places, and after receiving medical attention he was removed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. [Scotsman 10 August 1929]