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Surname
WALLACE
Forename
Joseph
Day
18
Month
01
Year
1922
Age
25
Occupation
Roadsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Deans, No.7 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Deans
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Joseph Wallace, mine roadsman, 41 Glen Road, Livingston Station, died on 18 February 1922 in No. 7 Shale Mine, Deans, Bathgate Parish, Linlithgowshire, when a large quantity of material fell upon him. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1922/2 Falls in Mine (b) Falls of Roof – He was riding with a set of loaded tubs and was completely buried by a fall of roof which occurred on the main incline at the time the set of tubs was passing by No.17 level. About 12 to 15 tons of blaes fell. He was uninjured but died from suffocation. His body was recovered three-quarters of an hour later.