Full Details
- Surname
- McDOWELL
- Forename
- James
- Day
- 26
- Month
- 02
- Year
- 1908
- Age
- 40
- Occupation
- Miner
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Hopetoun (a)
- Mineral Worked
- Oil Shale
- Owner
- Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
- Location
- Winchburgh
- County
- Linlithgowshire
- Details of Event
- Deceased was fixing rails on the roadway. The roof was much broken by cross joints and the timber becoming displaced caused it to fall on him.
