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Surname
GILBERT
Forename
Walter Shanks
Day
25
Month
09
Year
1920
Age
40
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Carledubs Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Scottish Oils Ltd
Location
Uphall
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
25 September 1920: Man Killed in Broxburn Mine - A fatal accident occurred on Saturday afternoon in Carledubs Mine, Broxburn, belonging to Scottish Oils (Limited.). Walter Gilbert, residing at Port Buchan, Broxburn, was at work as a drawer, when a large quantity of shale, estimated at several tons, fall from the roof and crushed him. The body was extricated after about three hours' work. Gilbert was an unmarried man of about 40 years. [Scotsman 27 September 1920] Miner Killed At Broxburn - A fatal accident occurred last Saturday afternoon at Carledubs Mine, Broxburn, belonging to Scottish Oils (Limited). Walter Gilbert, residing at Port Buchan, Broxburn, was at work as a drawer when a large quantity of shale, estimated at several tons, fell from the roof and crushed him. The body was extricated after about 3 hours work. Gilbert was an unmarried man of about 40 years of age. [Dunfermline Journal 10 October 1920] FAI record - Walter Shanks Gilbert, shale miner, Braemar, Kirkhill Road, Broxburn, died on 25 September 1920 in Carledubs Shale Mine, Uphall Parish, Linlithgowshire, when a large quantity of shale fell upon him. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1920/18