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Surname
RENNIE
Forename
Patrick
Day
23
Month
09
Year
1913
Age
32
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Baads, No.42 Pit
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale & Coal
Owner
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
Location
West Calder
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
He was engaged in brushing a main road when he was fatally crushed by a stone winch fell away from the face of the newly exposed brushing. He had previously attempted to bring down the stone with a pinch-bar, but no impression appeared to have been then made on it, and he, therefore, thought it was safe.