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Surname
MORRISON
Forename
George
Day
10
Month
04
Year
1926
Age
51
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Riddochhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Bathgate
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
10 April 1926: Bathgate Pit Fatality - While engaged working at the face in Riddochhill Colliery, belonging to Wm. Baird & Co. (Ltd.), on Saturday, George Morrison, miner, Westend, Blackburn, West Lothian, was caught under a fall from the roof and killed. Deceased, who was 51 years of age, leaves a widow and a family of nine, most of whom are grown up. [Scotsman 12 April 1926]