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Surname
MARWOOD
Forename
David
Day
22
Month
10
Year
1910
Age
53
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Carledubs Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Broxburn Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Uphall
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
He had undermined the top portion of the seam and bored a hole for the purpose of putting in a shot to blow it down, but before inserting the charge he went under the shale to do a little additional, when it fell and killed him.