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Surname
CRICHTON
Forename
Charles Currie
Day
01
Month
07
Year
1932
Age
Occupation
Shale Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Westwood
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Scottish Oils Ltd
Location
West Calder
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
1 July 1932: Miner Killed At West Calder - A shale miner named Charles Crichton, a married man, who resided at Oakbank Cottages, West Calder, lost his life yesterday by an accident in Westwood shale Pit at West Calder. He was at work when a quantity of material from the roof of the workings fell upon him. The other workmen rushed to his assistance, but when he was extricated life was found to be extinct. [Scotsman 2 July 1932] Charles Currie Crichton, shale miner, 10 Oakbank Cottages, Blackburn, died on 1 July 1932 in Westwood Shale Pit, Blackburn, West Lothian, when a piece of shale fell from the roof on him. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1932/11