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Surname
O’DONNELL
Forename
James
Day
20
Month
09
Year
1901
Age
35
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Cousland
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Seafield
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Deceased had prepared a ‘yankee’ or holing shot at the face of a level and while lighting the fuse or immediately after lighting it he appears to have lost his light become confused and must have been near the shot when it exploded as he was thrown 64 feet from the face where he was found unconscious and much injured.