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Surname
DUNIPACE
Forename
Hugh
Day
08
Month
12
Year
1914
Age
38
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Seafield, No.3 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Blackburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
He had gone into the main incline, which had a gradient at the point of 1 in 3 ½, to attend to a joint in the steam pipes, when the bogie coming down left the rails and crushed him against a tree. He died the following day.