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Surname
FAIRLEY
Forename
John
Day
23
Month
09
Year
1900
Age
Occupation
Retort Foreman
Mine/Quarry Name
Seafield Oil Works
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Pumpherston Oil Co.
Location
Bathgate
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
23 September 1900: West Calder - Foreman Killed - A sad accident occurred at the Seafield Works of Pumpherston Oil Company early on Sunday morning whereby the foreman of the retorts, John Fairley, residing at Seafield, lost his life. The endless chain by which spent shale is taken from the retorts to the bing had got out of gear, and Fairley was attempting to put it right when he slipped and fell from a scaffold about 15 feet high. Assistance was at hand, but Fairley succumbed shortly after the accident. Deceased leaves a widow and a large family. [Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser 29 September 1900]