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Surname
HANLON
Forename
Neal
Day
03
Month
06
Year
1937
Age
63
Occupation
Shale miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Duddingston, No.3 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Oakbank Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Dalmeny
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
3 June 1937: Winchburgh Shale Miner Killed - Neil Hanlon, (63), a shale-miner, of 49 Abercorn Place, Winchburgh; was killed at his work at the No.3 Pit of Duddingston Colliery, near South Queensferry, belonging to the Oakbank Oil Co. (Ltd.) (Scottish Oils.) Hanlon was buried by a fall of shale from the roof, and was killed instantaneously. Deceased leaves a widow and grown-up family. [Scotsman 5 June 1937] FAI record – Neal Hanlon, shale miner, 49 Abercorn Place, Winchburgh, West Lothian, died on 3 June 1937 in No.3 Duddingston Shale Mine, Abercorn, West Lothian, when a quantity of shale fell on him. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1937/10