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Surname
HICKIE
Forename
John
Day
25
Month
02
Year
1915
Age
26
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Breich, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Blackburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
25 February 1915: Accidents at Seafield Oil Works - John Hickie, a married man, residing at Seafield, and employed as a miner in Breich shale pit, belonging to the Pumpherston Oil Company, lost his life by an accident in the pit on Thursday. He was working at the shale face when about three tons of material fell upon him, killing him on the spot. Mr Robert Anderson, the works manager, had his leg broken through coming into contact with a haulage rope at the works. [Scotsman 27 February 1915] Seafield and Deans - Fatality At Breich pit - Early on Thursday morning a young miner named John Hickie was fatally injured by a fall of shale in Breich Pit. Assistance was speedily rendered but when the unfortunate man was extricated, life was found to be extinct. Deceased was about 26 years of age and leaves a widow and one young child. [West Lothian Courier 26 February 1915] John Hickie, miner's drawer, 72 Seafield Rows, by Bathgate, died on 25 February 1915 in No. 1 Mid Breich Pit, Blackburn, when a large piece of shale fell upon him. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1915/7