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Surname
PROVAN
Forename
John
Day
17
Month
04
Year
1927
Age
Occupation
Shale Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Deans, No.5 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Deans
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
John Provan, shale mining contractor, 6 North Street, Livingston Station, died on 17 April 1927 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from injuries sustained on 16 April 1927 in No. 5 Shale Mine, Deans, Livingston Parish, West Lothian, when a piece of shale fell upon him. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1927/8