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Surname
GREENEY
Forename
Jeremiah
Day
01
Month
04
Year
1920
Age
Occupation
Pit Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Foulshiels
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Stoneyburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
1 April 1920: Pit Bottomer Killed at West Calder - A workman named Jeremiah Greenay, residing at Addiewell, and employed as a pit bottomer in Foulshiels pit, belonging to the United Collieries, lost his life as the result of an accident. He was engaged with a hutch when another one jammed him, and before he got clear the cage lifted, and he was killed on the spot. [Scotsman 5 April 1920]