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Surname
ROSS
Forename
John
Day
12
Month
05
Year
1933
Age
60
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Burghlee
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shotts Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Loanhead
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
12 May 1933: Loanhead Pit Fatality - A miner named John Ross (60), fell down the pit shaft, a distance of 500 feet, in the Burghlee Colliery of the Shotts Iron and Coal Company (Ltd.), Loanhead, yesterday, and was instantaneously killed. He resided at 5 Upper Loan, Loanhead, and leaves a widow and family. [Scotsman 13 May 1933]