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Surname
CUMMERFORD
Forename
James
Day
22
Month
04
Year
1938
Age
42
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Foulshiels
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Stoneyburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
22 April 1938: James Cumberford (42), miner, residing in lodgings in West Main Street, Whitburn, was killed instantaneously yesterday in Foulshiels Colliery, owned by United Collieries Ltd., and situated at Stoneyburn, West Lothian, when he was buried by debris following a roof fall. [Scotsman 23 April 1938]