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Surname
ROBERTSON
Forename
William
Day
14
Month
06
Year
1907
Age
45
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Hopetoun (a)
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Winchburgh
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Deceased and another miner were engaged withdrawing the props where a stoop had been extracted and were just retiring when the roof fell, and deceased was crushed beneath the debris.