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Surname
FISHER
Forename
Thomas Webster
Day
19
Month
07
Year
1932
Age
37
Occupation
Shale Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Roman Camp, No.3 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Scottish Oils Ltd
Location
Broxburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
19 July 1932: Broxburn Miner Killed - A fatal accident occurred in No.3 Roman Camp Mine, Broxburn, belonging to Broxburn Oil Company, yesterday afternoon, the victim being a shale miner named Thomas Fisher (37), who resided with his sister, Mrs Robert Galloway, at Clifton Buildings, Station Road, Broxburn. Fisher was engaged working at the face, and was within a few minutes of stopping work for the day when a large amount of shale came away from the roof upon him. When extricated life was found to be extinct, the body being badly crushed. Fisher was unmarried. [Scotsman 20 July 1932] FAI record – Thomas Webster Fisher, shale miner, 4 Station Road, Broxburn, West Lothian, died on 19 July 1932 in No.3 Mine, Roman Camp, Uphall, West Lothian, when a piece of shale fell upon him. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1932/12