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Surname
PHILBIN
Forename
John
Day
03
Month
07
Year
1916
Age
Occupation
Shale Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Pumpherston, No.4 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Uphall
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
John Philbin, miner's drawer, Station Road, Uphall Station, died on 3 July 1916 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on the same day in No.4 Shale Mine, Pumpherston, when a shot which he had lighted went off and struck him. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1916/21