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Surname
GLASGOW
Forename
Robert
Day
03
Month
11
Year
1930
Age
55
Occupation
Pit Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Polkemmet
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Dixon Ltd
Location
Whitburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
3 November 1930: Fell Down A Pit Shaft. - Falling a distance of about 250 fathoms to the pit bottom at Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, owned by Wm. Dixon (Ltd.), yesterday, Robert Glasgow (55), pit sinker, West Main Street, Whitburn, was killed. It is supposed that in attempting to step on to a beam near the fan drift he slipped and fell down the shaft. He is survived by a widow. [Scotsman 4 November 1930]