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Surname
WILSON
Forename
Malcolm
Day
09
Month
10
Year
1905
Age
28
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Riddochhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Gavin Paul & Cons Ltd
Location
Bathgate
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Deceased with seven others was ascending the shaft after the day's work had finished carrying some picks with him and when some distance up he fell out of the cage. It is supposed that in attempting to save his picks which he had between his legs from falling into the shaft he overbalanced.