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Surname
WATT
Forename
John
Day
02
Month
11
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Pit-Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Kinneil, No.2 Pit (Snab Pit)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Kinniel Cannel & Coking Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bo'ness
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
2 November 1915: Fatal Accident In A Kinneil Pit - John Watt, pit-bottomer, Castleloan, died yesterday from the effects of injuries received the previous day in No.1 Snab Pit, Kinneil, belonging to Kinneil Coal Company. He was in the pit bottom when he was struck by a wire haulage rope which had been overstrained in consequence of a rake of hutches going off the road. Watt sustained injuries to the chest, and his left upper arm was fractured. He leaves a widow and young family. [Scotsman 4 November 1915]