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Surname
MEIKLE
Forename
Henry
Day
24
Month
06
Year
1930
Age
Occupation
Shale Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Deans, No.5 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Scottish Oils Ltd
Location
Deans
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
24 June 1930: East Calder Man's Death - The death has taken place in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary of Henry Meikle, who resided at East Calder. Meikle was injured while at work in a shale mine at Deans, belonging to Scottish Oils (Ltd.) He was a married man , and leaves a widow and six children. [Scotsman 26 June 1930] Henry Meikle, miner, Lantin Road, East Calder, died on 24 June 1930 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on the same day in No.5 Shale Mine Deans, West Lothian, when a charge of gunpowder which he was inserting into a shot hole exploded. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1930/11