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Surname
THOMSON
Forename
Robert
Day
07
Month
08
Year
1930
Age
37
Occupation
Chain Runner
Mine/Quarry Name
Easton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Bathgate
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
7 August 1930: Fatality In Bathgate Pit - In the Easton pit, Bathgate, owned by William Baird & Co. (Ltd.), Robert Thomson (37), unmarried, who resided with his father, John Thomson, Cochrane Street, Bathgate, and who was employed as a chain runner, was yesterday struck by a runaway empty hutch, as a result of which his neck was dislocated. He succumbed to his injuries a few minutes later. [Scotsman 8 August 1930]