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Surname
ROSSA
Forename
John
Day
25
Month
01
Year
1938
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Westwood
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Scottish Oils Ltd
Location
West Calder
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
John Rossa, shale miner, 59 Front Street, Mossend, West Calder, Mid Lothian, died on 25 January 1938 at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, from burns sustained on 7 January 1938 in Westwood Shale Pit, Blackburn, West Lothian, following a gas explosion. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1938/4