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Surname
SIMPSON
Forename
George
Day
02
Month
12
Year
1934
Age
42
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Polkemmet
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Dixon Ltd
Location
Whitburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
2 December 1934: Whitburn Miner Killed - While working in Polkemmet Colliery, Whitburn, owned by Wm. Dixon (Ltd.), on Sunday, George Simpson, aged 42, brusher, 26 Murraysgate Crescent, Whitburn, was killed by a fall of stone and debris. He is survived by a widow and young family. [Scotsman 4 December 1934]