Full Details

Surname

TENNANT

Forename

James M.

Day

30

Month

12

Year

1905

Age

32

Occupation

Overman

Mine/Quarry Name

Balbardie Pit

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Balbardie Colliery Co. Ltd

Location

Bathgate

County

Linlithgowshire

Details of Event

Deceased was superintending the work of putting a wooden beam to the roof for haulage extension purposes and when the beam was raised to be put into position it swerved and the men losing control of its movement it fell and fatally crushed him.