Full Details

Surname

WILLIAMSON

Forename

Joseph Oliver

Day

29

Month

04

Year

1949

Age

21

Occupation

Chain-runner

Mine/Quarry Name

Hopetoun, No.35 (Threemiletown) Pit

Mineral Worked

Oil Shale

Owner

Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd

Location

Winchburgh

County

Linlithgowshire

Details of Event

Joseph Oliver Williamson, chainrunner, 40 Mid Street, Broxburn, died on 29 April 1949 at Bangour Hospital, Broxburn, from injuries sustained on the same day in the Lodgement Dook of No.35 Shale Pit, Threemiletown, Linlithgow. NAS Reference: SC41/13/1949/3