Full Details

Surname

WALKER

Forename

James

Day

25

Month

01

Year

1915

Age

22

Occupation

Miner

Mine/Quarry Name

Burleyside

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Callendar Coal Co.

Location

Falkirk

County

Stirlingshire

Details of Event

25 January 1915: Miner Killed Near Falkirk - An accident, attended by fatal consequences, occurred yesterday morning at Burleyside colliery, near Falkirk, worked by the Callendar Coal Company. While a miner named James Walker was at work in the colliery a fall of stone from the roof occurred, with the result that he was crushed to the ground and sustained injuries which caused his death instantaneously. Walker was 22 years of age, and resided at Wester Shieldhill, near Falkirk. [Scotsman 26 January 1915]