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Surname
FINNIGAN
Forename
Peter
Day
11
Month
07
Year
1954
Age
Occupation
Shale Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Hopetoun, No.35 (Threemiletown) Pit
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Winchburgh
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Peter Finnigan, shale miner, 103 Millgate, Winchburgh, died on 11 July 1954 at Bangour Hospital, Broxburn, from burns sustained on 6 July 1954 in No.35 Pit, Threemiletown, Winchburgh, West Lothian, when shots he was firing caused an explosion of fire damp. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1954/6