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Surname
GIFFORD
Forename
Robert
Day
04
Month
12
Year
1912
Age
37
Occupation
Miner's Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Ingliston, No.36 Pit
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Kirkliston
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
He had returned with the miner for whom he worked to see him examine their working place after a shot had been fired. He was standing behind the miner when a large piece of shale, which fell from the face, about 7 feet from where the shot had been fired, caught and killed him instantly.