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Surname
COPELAND
Forename
James
Day
20
Month
07
Year
1943
Age
54
Occupation
Mineworkers
Mine/Quarry Name
Burghlee
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shotts Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Westfield
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
19 July 1943: Two Mineworkers Killed - Colliery Tragedy at Loanhead - Two mineworkers in the employment of the Shotts, Iron Company lost their lives while at work at Burghlee Colliery, Loanhead yesterday. Robert Young (37), 53 Wallace Crescent, Roslin, and James Copland (54), 5 Castle Grove, Craigmillar, Edinburgh, received fatal injuries when a fall of roof occurred. A third man, John Campbell, Dalkeith, escaped with slight injuries. [Scotsman 20 July 1943]