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Surname
IRVING
Forename
James
Day
25
Month
12
Year
1941
Age
Occupation
Shale Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Breich Pit
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Blackburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
James Irving, shale miner, 17 Leighton Terrrace, Bents, Stoneyburn, died on 25 December 1941 in Breich Shale Pit, Blackburn, West Lothian, when a piece of shale fell from the roof on him. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1942/2