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Surname
BROPHY
Forename
John
Day
25
Month
02
Year
1940
Age
32
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Easton
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bairds & Scottish Steel Ltd
Location
Bathgate
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
25 February 1940: Fatal Pit Roof Fall - As the result of an accident which occurred in Easton Pit, Bathgate, owned by Baird and Scottish Steels, Ltd., John Brophy (32), miner, 99 Jarvey Avenue, Plains, was fatally injured. Buried beneath a fall from the roof he sustained a broken neck, and when extricated was found to be dead. He is survived by his wife. [Scotsman 27 February 1940]