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Surname
LINDSAY
Forename
William James
Day
14
Month
02
Year
1921
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Torbanehill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Whitburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
William James Lindsay, miner, West Mains cottage, Bathgate, died on 14 February 1921 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on the same day in Torbanehill Colliery, Bathgate Parish, Linlithgowshire, when a charge of gelignite exploded and pieces of rock struck him.