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Surname
MILLS
Forename
Joseph
Day
30
Month
01
Year
1918
Age
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Blackrigg, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Armadale
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
30 January 1918: MINING FATALITY IN WEST LOTHIAN. - At Blackrigg Colliery, owned by the United Collieries, Ltd., Joseph Mills, a miner's drawer, Westrigg, near Armadale was yesterday jammed between two hutches and instantaneously killed. [Edinburgh Evening News 31 January 1918] FAI record – NAS "Joseph Mills, miner's drawer, 72 Westrigg Rows, died on 30 January 1918 in No. 1 Pit, Blackrigg Colliery, Blackridge, Linlithgowshire, when he was overtaken and jammed between 2 hutches" Newspaper report - Lothians pages