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Surname
SMELLIE
Forename
Robert
Day
24
Month
02
Year
1909
Age
36
Occupation
Oversman
Mine/Quarry Name
Hopetoun, No.44
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Winchburgh
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
While an empty rake was descending an ingoing eye, one tub uncoupled and ran down against three other, resting on a prop on centre of roadway causing these tubs to run away; deceased was doing some repairs to a pump on the roadside, 'and for safety he crossed over to a branch road and just then the runaway tub left the rails and crushed him against a wooden pillar.