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Surname
ELLIS
Forename
David
Day
30
Month
08
Year
1915
Age
18
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Westwood, Nos 1 & 2 Pits
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
Location
West Calder
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
30 August 1915: West Calder – Pit Explosion – A serious burning accident took place on Monday in Westmains Colliery, belonging to Young's Oil Company. Some gas had accumulated in one of the workings, and it exploded on coming into contact with the light of a miner's lamp. Two miners, Thomas Smith fireman, West Calder and David Ellis, were severely burned and had to be taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. [Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 4 September 1915] NB David Ellis age 18, died 17 September 1918 in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary