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Surname
HUGHES
Forename
James
Day
02
Month
11
Year
1929
Age
Occupation
Pony-driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Westwood
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Scottish Oils Ltd
Location
West Calder
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
NAS " James Hughes, pit-pony-driver, Menzies' Buildings, East Calder, died on 2 November 1929 at Liberton Cottage Hospital for Incurables, Liberton, from injuries sustained on 5 June 1929 in Westwood Pit, Livingston Parish, West Lothian, when he slipped and fell in front of a rake of hutches, which passed over him"