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Surname
DOUGLAS
Forename
Robert
Day
14
Month
05
Year
1919
Age
Occupation
Shale Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Glendevon Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Winchburgh
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
14 May 1919: West Lothian Shale Miner Killed - Robert Douglas 83 Niddry Road, Winchburgh, was killed on Wednesday by a fall of shale in Glen Devon Mine, belonging to Young's Oil Company. He was demobilised in January last after three years' service. [Scotsman 16 May 1919]