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Surname
SWEENEY
Forename
Samuel
Day
16
Month
03
Year
1920
Age
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Easton, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Bathgate
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
16 March 1920: Fatal Accident at a Bathgate Pit - In No.1 Easton Pit (Messrs Baird & Co.) a young lad named Sweeney, a miner's drawer, was instantaneously killed by a fall from the roof. Sweeney was a discharged soldier, and had newly started work. He resided in North Street, Bathgate. [Scotsman 17 March 1920]