Full Details

Surname

YATES

Forename

Richard Smith

Day

17

Month

02

Year

1925

Age

26

Occupation

Joiner

Mine/Quarry Name

Riddochhill

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

William Baird & Co. Ltd

Location

Bathgate

County

Linlithgowshire

Details of Event

17 February 1925: Joiner's Death at Bathgate Colliery – While engaged at the cleaning plant at Riddochhill Colliery belonging to Messrs William Baird & Co. (Ltd.), coalmasters, early yesterday forenoon, Richard Yates (26), joiner, Paulville Rows, Bathgate, was caught by the shafting of the machinery, and the injuries he sustained were so severe that it is assumed death must have been instantaneous. [Scotsman 18 February 1925] FAI record - NAS "Richard Smith Yates, joiner, 26 Paulville Rows, Bathgate, died on 17 February 1925 in Riddochhill Colliery, Bathgate Parish, Linlithgowshire, when he was caught by a driving shaft and dragged round it" Newspaper report - Lothians pages