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Surname
BOYCE
Forename
Thomas
Day
24
Month
07
Year
1919
Age
52
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
West Mains (aka Baads)
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
Location
West Calder
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
24 July 1919: Addiewell – Fatal Accident – Thomas Boyce, miner, residing in West Calder, while engaged at his work in West Mains Coal Mine, was killed on Thursday morning by a fall from the roof. Deceased was 52 years of age and unmarried. [Hamilton Advertiser 26 July 1919]