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Surname
CALLENDAR
Forename
William
Day
06
Month
09
Year
1920
Age
Occupation
Pony-driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Deans, No.5 Mine
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Deans
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
6 September 1920: Two Fatal Accidents at Deans Oilworks - Two fatal accidents have taken place at the Deans Oil Works belonging to Scottish Oils (Limited.) A workman named James Crowe was altering a large cast-iron tower when he was crushed by a section of it weighing nearly two tons. Death was almost instantaneous. A young lad named William Callender was found dead in No.5 Deans Mine, having been run over by a hutch. [Scotsman 10 September 1920] William Callander, mine pony-driver, 3 Mid Street, Livingston Station, Livingston Parish, Linlithgowshire, died on 6 September 1920 in No.5 Shale mine, Deans, Bathgate Parish, Linlithgowshire, when he was run over by a hutch. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1920/12