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Surname
BELL
Forename
Richard
Day
05
Month
05
Year
1927
Age
39
Occupation
Nightshift Foreman
Mine/Quarry Name
Carriden
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Carriden Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bo’ness
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
5 May 1927: Bo'ness Miner Killed - Buried under a heavy fall from the roof, Richard Bell (39), Old School, Grangepans, was killed in Carriden Mine, near Bo'ness, yesterday morning. As nightshift foreman, part of his duty was to attend to the pump underground. It is not known what precisely happened, as Bell was alone, but it is surmised that he was repairing the blast pipes, when several tons of blaes fell. Two hours later the dayshift foreman, Walter Stanners, assisted by a few miners, made a search, and found the mangled body of Bell under the fall. Deceased leaves a widow and seven young children. [Scotsman 6 May 1927]