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Surname
LEE
Forename
Patrick
Day
29
Month
09
Year
1920
Age
Occupation
Motorman
Mine/Quarry Name
Foulshiels
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Stoneyburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
29 September 1920: Fatal Mining Accident at West Calder - A motorman named Patrick Lee; a married man, residing at Stoneyburn, lost his life by-an accident in Foulshiels Pit, Stoneyburn, belonging to the United Collieries (Ltd.). A fall had taken place in the workings, and Lee and several other workmen had been in the act of clearing it, when a second fall took place. Lee was killed on the spot, and another workman named Henry Dougan injured . Several other workmen had a narrow escape. [Scotsman 1 October 1920]