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Surname
SKELDING
Forename
Edward
Day
15
Month
12
Year
1929
Age
40
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Kinneil, Furnace Yard Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Kinniel Cannel & Coking Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bo’ness
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
15 December 1929: Bo'ness Pit Fatality - Edward Skelding (40), coal machineman, was last evening killed in Furnaceyard pit, belonging to the Kinneil Coal Co., Bo'ness. Skelding was cutting coal when a stone weighing several cwts fell upon his shoulders and pinned him to the pavement . He asked his workmate to lift the stone off his back, but before this could be done Skelding had died from a fractured spine. Deceased, who belonged to Cowdenbeath, leaves a widow and two children. [Scotsman 16 December 1929]