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Surname
BISHOP
Forename
David (Injured)
Day
22
Month
08
Year
1935
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Woodend, No.5 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Armadale
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
22 August 1935: Three Miners Injured - Accident in Colliery Near Armadale - Three Armadale miners were injured - two of them seriously - in an accident in No.5 Pit, Woodend Colliery, Woodend, near Armadale, owned by the Coltness Iron and Coal Company (Ltd.), yesterday morning. The men were going along the main haulage road to their working places when they were crushed under a fall of debris from the roof. David Bishop, 16 East Main Street, Armadale, sustained a compound fracture to his right leg and other injuries, while John Gibson, 16 Barbauchlaw Avenue, Armadale, had a compound fracture to his left leg. After attention by a local doctor, they were conveyed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Robert Higgins, Mayfield Drive, Armadale received injuries to his back and is being treated at home. [Scotsman 23 August 1935]