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Surname
NELSON (AKA Adam Nelson McILLONEY)
Forename
Adam
Day
15
Month
06
Year
1916
Age
15
Occupation
Engine Keeper
Mine/Quarry Name
Philpstoun, No.1 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
James Ross & Co., Philpstoun Oil Works Ltd
Location
Philpstoun
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
On 15th June, at Philpstoun No.1 Shale Mine, owned by Messrs. James Ross and Co., two boys, aged 15 and 17, were killed by a fall of roof. The one boy had gone outbye for a wedge for his father, with whom he worked, and was joined by the other boy, who attended to a haulage motor. Together they went to the face, and after the one boy had handed the wedge to his father, the two were sitting some 5 yards back when the roof above them, which was supported on old railway rails, weighted, and breaking two rails fell upon them. After the accident it was seen that the boundaries of the roof which fell were formed by keen and glassy lypes. The use of old rails as bars was discontinued. [Mine Inspectors Report 1916] Adam Nelson McIlloney, engine keeper, 47 Bridgend Rows, Linlithgow, and Homer Wilson, miner's drawer, the Avenue, Philpstoun, both died on 15 June 1916 in No.1 Shale Mine, Philpstoun, when a large quantity of material fell upon them. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1916/15