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Surname
WHITE
Forename
John
Day
07
Month
10
Year
1935
Age
27
Occupation
Oncost Worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Kinneil, Furnace Yard Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Kinniel Cannel & Coking Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bo’ness
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
7 October 1935: Miner Injured In Bo'ness - While declipping hutches at the foot of the main haulage way in the Furnaceyard Pit, Bo'ness, yesterday, John White (27), oncost worker, of Snab Lane, Kinneil, was badly crushed by a rake of full hutches. He was caught between the hutches and the tunnel roof, receiving spinal injuries. He was removed by ambulance to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, where he was detained. [Scotsman 8 October 1935]