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Surname
BURNS
Forename
Henry
Day
01
Month
05
Year
1926
Age
63
Occupation
Oversman
Mine/Quarry Name
Philpstoun, No.6 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Scottish Oils Ltd
Location
Philpstoun
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
1 May 1926: Linlithgow Mining Fatality - Henry Burns (63), mine oversman, residing at Burnside Cottages , Linlithgow, was knocked down by the carriage of the main haulage in No.6 Mine, Whitequarries, belonging to Scottish Oils, and sustained a compound fracture to the right leg and dislocation of the left hip. He was conveyed to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, where he died on Saturday forenoon. [Scotsman 3 May 1926]