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Surname
SMITH
Forename
William
Day
14
Month
05
Year
1914
Age
46
Occupation
Shale Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Cobbinshaw, No.3 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Tarbrax
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
The fireman, finding there were "lypes" on both sides of the place in which he was working, instructed him to set some bars to secure the roof. He and another man were carrying out these instructions when a fall of stone from the "lypes" occurred and killed him instantly. The place was dangerous, and if the precaution of setting temporary timber under the roof to protect the men during the time the bars were being set, had been taken, it is probable, the accident would have been prevented.