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Surname
KIMMET
Forename
John
Day
15
Month
10
Year
1930
Age
34
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Deans, No.5 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Deans
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
15 October 1930: Crushed By A Fall - While employed on the night shift, between Tuesday night and yesterday morning, in No.5 shale mine, Deans, Bathgate, owned by Pumpherston Oil Company (Ltd.) John Kemmet (34), miner, who resided with his widowed mother at Harlaw, Bathgate, was crushed beneath a fall from the roof of his working-place. When extricated it was found that he had sustained severe injuries to his back, and it is feared that his spine may have been injured. He was removed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. [Scotsman 16 October 1930] FAI record - John Kimmett, miner's drawer, 30 Starlaw Rows, Bathgate, died on 15 October 1930 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 14 October 1930 in No.5 Shale Mine Deans, when a piece of shale fell from the roof on him. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1930/18