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Surname
BALLOCH
Forename
Robert
Day
19
Month
03
Year
1938
Age
59
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Woolmet
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Portobello
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
19 March 1938: Lothians Pit Accidents - Miner Killed and Four Injured - A miner was killed and four other miners were injured as a result of pit accidents in the Lothians on Saturday. The injured men were detained in the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. The miner who was fatally injured was William Neilson, Mayfield, Armadale, and he died shortly after admission to the Infirmary. He was employed at Woodend Colliery, West Lothian. While working together underground at Woolmet Colliery, Midlothian, Peter Kerr (56), Old Schoolhouse, Millerhall, and Robert Balloch (59), 13 Park View. Newcraighall, were buried by a fall from the roof. The alarm was quickly raised, and colleagues rushed to their assistance and rescued them. Kerr received injuries to his back and shoulder, and Balloch a fractured leg. An Elphinstone miner, George M'Kenzie (22); 39 Duries Park, was admitted suffering from back injuries received in an accident at Ormiston. Internal injuries were received by Joseph M'Naughton, 51 Waverley Street, Bathgate, who was crushed between a hutch and a brick wall at Easton pit, near Bathgate. [Scotsman 21 March 1938]