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Surname
FALCONER
Forename
Andrew
Day
06
Month
12
Year
1919
Age
Occupation
Undermanager
Mine/Quarry Name
Lothians Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Location
Bo'ness
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
6 December 1919: Bo'ness Pit Official Drowned – Andrew Falconer, under manager at the Lothian's Pit, Bo'ness was on Saturday morning, drowned in about 50 fathoms of water in the pit. He was repairing a water pipe in the shaft, and from a specially erected scaffold fell into the water some 24 fathoms further down. Deceased, who resided at Castleloan Cottages, leaves a widow and grown-up family. [Scotsman 8 December 1919]