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Surname
McINDOE
Forename
John
Day
23
Month
12
Year
1914
Age
34
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Philpstoun, No.6 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
James Ross & Co., Philpstoun Oil Works Ltd
Location
Philpstoun
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
John McIndoe, miner, 22 Catherine Terrace, South Queensferry, died on 23 October 1914 at No.6 Shale Mine, Philpstoun, Abercorn Parish, Linlithgowshire, when he was knocked down and run over by a tub. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1914/22 Deceased was taking an empty tub towards the face when a loaded tub, which had run away on the road he was going, collided with his empty tub and killed him. Deceased partly contributed to the accident, as he failed to shut a stop block on the road as he came out with his own loaded tub a short time previously. This stop block would have prevented the runaway reaching him.