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Surname
LAFFY
Forename
Thomas
Day
07
Month
07
Year
1924
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
West Mains (aka Baads)
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
Location
West Calder
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
7 July 1924: West Calder - Miner Killed - A miner named Thomas Laffy, residing at Kirkgate, West Calder, lost his life on Monday morning in West Mains Coal mine, belonging to Scottish Oils (Ltd.). He was at work when a fall of material from the roof fractured the base of his skull. [Hamilton Advertiser 12 July 1924]