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Surname
STORRAR
Forename
Robert Skinner
Day
29
Month
07
Year
1937
Age
Occupation
Miner
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
29 July 1937: Bo'ness Miner Dies From Injuries - A Bo'ness miner, Robert Storrer, who was buried by a fall of stone for two hours at Furnaceyard Pit on Tuesday, died in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary yesterday from the injuries which he received. Storrer was working the six feet section when he was buried by a fall of debris from the roof. After frantic efforts by fellow-workmen, which lasted for nearly two hours, he was extricated and carried a mile to the pit bottom and thence to the pithead where he received first-aid treatment. Deceased, who resided at 6 East Castleloan, went to Bo'ness from Methil a number of years ago. He leaves a widow and three children. [Scotsman 30 July 1937]