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Surname
NAILON
Forename
John
Day
11
Month
12
Year
1908
Age
20
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Philpstoun
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
James Ross & Co.
Location
Philpstoun
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
A roadway was being driven in the shale, about 18 ft. below the surface, when a fall occurred right to the surface, and deceased and his neighbour were buried beneath it. They lay for some time under the fall until discovered by the fireman and eight hours elapsed before deceased's body was got out.