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Surname
McLAUCHLAN or McLAUCHLIN
Forename
William
Day
03
Month
10
Year
1900
Age
21
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Broxburn
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Broxburn Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Broxburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Deceased was working off some loose shale at the face of a five yard room in a 6ft. seam when about 1.5 cwt of the shale came away unexpectedly from some lypes and struck him on the head causing injuries which terminated fatally immediately afterwards.