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Surname
AITKEN
Forename
James Maxwell
Day
18
Month
03
Year
1929
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Hopetoun, No.2 Balbardie Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Bathgate
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
James Aitken, miner, 37 Mid Street, Bathgate, died on 18 March 1929 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained earlier that day in No.2 Pit, Balbardie, Hopetoun Collieries, Bathgate, when coals fell from the roof on him.