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Surname
KAY
Forename
James
Day
19
Month
03
Year
1928
Age
Occupation
Shale Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Newliston, No.29 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Kirkliston
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
20 March 1928: Shale Mine Fatality – The death occurred in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary yesterday of James Kay, a young shale miner, who lived at Cardross Cottage, Binnybridge, Uphall. Kay was severely burned about the head and upper parts of the body as a result of a gas explosion in Newliston Shale Mine on Monday afternoon. [Scotsman 21 March 1928] FAI record – James Kay, shale miner, Binny Bridge, Uphall, died on 20 March 1928 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 19 March 1928 in Newliston Shale Mine, Kirkliston Parish, West Lothian, when he was burned by an explosion of firedamp. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1928/10