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Surname
O'BRIEN
Forename
Christopher
Day
26
Month
04
Year
1940
Age
74
Occupation
Surface Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Carriden
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Carriden Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bo’ness
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
26 April 1940: Killed By Coal Hutch - Christopher O’Brien, 74, surface worker, in the employment of Carriden Coal Company, Limited, was killed yesterday as the result of being knocked down by a hutch on the pithead to the rear of Bo'ness Dock. O’Brien lived at 34 Fountain Park. He hailed from Dalkeith. [Scotsman 27 April 1940]