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Surname
KANE
Forename
Charles
Day
25
Month
06
Year
1923
Age
Occupation
Shale Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Polbeth, No.32 Pit
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Scottish Oils Ltd
Location
West Calder
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
25 June 1923: Shale Miner Killed In West Calder Mine – Yesterday morning, a mining accident took place in No.32 shale Mine, belonging to Scottish Oils (Ltd.), at West Calder, when a young married man named Charles Kane, residing at West Calder, lost his life. Kane was at work when a quantity of material fell from the roof and killed him. He was well known in the district; and filled the position of treasurer to West Calder Junior Football Club. [Scotsman 26 June 1923]