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Surname
WOOD
Forename
John (Injured)
Day
06
Month
01
Year
1936
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitrigg, No.5 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
R. Forrester & Co. Ltd
Location
Whitburn
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
6 January 1936: Gas Explosion In Pit – Three Miners Injured - Three miners received injuries following an explosion of gas yesterday in No.5 Pit, East Whitburn, owned by Robert Forrester & Co. (Ltd) Two of the men, John Wood, Whitburn, and James Connell, Whiteside, Bathgate, were conveyed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary suffering from burns to the head and body. The third man, Robert Young, Knowehead, Blackburn, who sustained slight burns to the head, was treated at his own home. [Scotsman 7 January 1936]