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Surname
DUDGEON
Forename
Robert
Day
16
Month
12
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Oakbank
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Oakbank Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Mid Calder
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
16 October 1915: Fatal Accident at a Mid-Calder Mine - An accident, resulting in the death of a shale miner named Robert Dudgeon, residing in Oakbank, happened in the Oakbank Shale Mine, Newfarm, Mid-Calder, on Saturday. Dudgeon was engaged in brushing at the time, when a heavy fall of shale fell upon the unfortunate man, and when the body was recovered life was found to be extinct. He leaves a widow and three of a family. [Scotsman 19 October 1915]