Full Details
- Surname
- THORNTON
- Forename
- William
- Day
- 12
- Month
- 12
- Year
- 1907
- Age
- 15
- Occupation
- Dirt Picker
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Woodmuir
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- United Collieries Ltd
- Location
- West Calder
- County
- Edinburghshire
- Details of Event
- This boy crossed a fence, and his clothing got caught by this shaft of the coal cleaning machinery - fatally
