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Surname
RENNEX
Forename
William
Day
31
Month
07
Year
1929
Age
17
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Easton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Bathgate
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
31 July 1929: Bathgate Pit Fatality - A young miner, William Rennex (17), son of William Rennex, 15 Barbauchlaw Avenue, Armadale, succumbed in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary yesterday to injuries received the previous day in Easton pit, Bathgate, belonging to Wm. Baird & Co. (Ltd.) While working at the face he was caught by a fall from the roof, and sustained a compound fracture of the left leg below the knee. After he was removed to the Infirmary it was found necessary to amputate the leg, but despite the operation his injuries proved fatal. [Scotsman 1 August 1929]