Full Details

Surname

SKELDING

Forename

Edward

Day

15

Month

12

Year

1929

Age

40

Occupation

Machineman

Mine/Quarry Name

Kinneil, Furnace Yard Pit

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Kinniel Cannel & Coking Coal Co. Ltd

Location

Bo’ness

County

Linlithgowshire

Details of Event

15 December 1929: Bo'ness Pit Fatality - Edward Skelding (40), coal machineman, was last evening killed in Furnaceyard pit, belonging to the Kinneil Coal Co., Bo'ness. Skelding was cutting coal when a stone weighing several cwts fell upon his shoulders and pinned him to the pavement . He asked his workmate to lift the stone off his back, but before this could be done Skelding had died from a fractured spine. Deceased, who belonged to Cowdenbeath, leaves a widow and two children. [Scotsman 16 December 1929]