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Surname
YATES
Forename
Richard Smith
Day
17
Month
02
Year
1925
Age
26
Occupation
Joiner
Mine/Quarry Name
Riddochhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Bathgate
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
17 February 1925: Joiner's Death at Bathgate Colliery – While engaged at the cleaning plant at Riddochhill Colliery belonging to Messrs William Baird & Co. (Ltd.), coalmasters, early yesterday forenoon, Richard Yates (26), joiner, Paulville Rows, Bathgate, was caught by the shafting of the machinery, and the injuries he sustained were so severe that it is assumed death must have been instantaneous. [Scotsman 18 February 1925] FAI record - NAS "Richard Smith Yates, joiner, 26 Paulville Rows, Bathgate, died on 17 February 1925 in Riddochhill Colliery, Bathgate Parish, Linlithgowshire, when he was caught by a driving shaft and dragged round it" Newspaper report - Lothians pages