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Surname
KEENAN
Forename
John
Day
12
Month
01
Year
1914
Age
54
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Cobbinshaw, No.5 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Tarbrax
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
He was in the act of taking down his machine tree, set under a piece of shale, 6 inches thick which overhung from the face, when 6.5 ft. by 4.5 ft. of the shale fell on him, and injured him so severely that he died on February 19th.