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Surname
MURRAY
Forename
Colin
Day
18
Month
06
Year
1920
Age
58
Occupation
Road Inspector
Mine/Quarry Name
Balbardie Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Bathgate
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
18 June 1920: Fatal Accident In Bathgate Pit - Yesterday forenoon an accident occurred at Balbardie Pit Bathgate (Messrs Baird & Co.), whereby Colin Murray, 58 years of age, was instantaneously killed by the fall of a stone from the roof. He was engaged as a road inspector, and was in the act of making some repairs to the roof when the stone fell on his head. [Scotsman 19 June 1920]