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Surname
HAMILTON
Forename
Hugh
Day
19
Month
12
Year
1939
Age
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Westwood
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Scottish Oils Ltd
Location
West Calder
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
NAS catalogue - FAI "Hugh Hamilton, miner (repairer), 18 Whitburn Road, Bathgate, died on 19 December 1939 in Westwood Pit, Blackburn and George Galloway Kerr, miner (repairer), 26 North Street, Livingston Station, died on 20 December 1939 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 19 December 1939 in Westwood Pit when a large quantity of material fell from the roof upon them"