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Surname
BLACK
Forename
Walter
Day
21
Month
06
Year
1938
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Foulshiels
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Stoneyburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
21 June 1938: Killed by Roof Fall - A married man, Walter Black, who resided at Johnstone Terrace, Stoneyburn, lost his life in Foulshiels Colliery, Stoneyburn, yesterday afternoon. Black was at work when a quantity of rock fell from the roof of the workings. He was partly buried under the debris and killed instantaneously. Another miner. Thomas Hilson, also a married man, residing at Johnstone Terrace, Stoneyburn was working alongside Black when the fall took place and had a narrow escape. One of his legs was fractured, and he sustained other bodily injuries. After being attended by a doctor he was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. [Scotsman 22 June 1938]