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	Easton Colliery	Index	Easton Colliery

Location:	Bathgate 15 miles [24 km] SW of Dunfermline
Map Ref:	(Sheet 65 Falkirk and Linlithgow) NS922694, 55° 54' 20" N, 3° 43' 28" W
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Closed:
Output:	1947 - Easton - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Industrial, Manufacturing. (175,500 tons)
	1954 - Easton - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1947 - Easton - 458 (338 below, 120 surface)
	1954 - Easton - 667 (551 below, 116 surface)
Seams Worked:	1954 - Easton - Wilsontown Main
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Aitken, Hugh, 29 Dec 1934, aged 18, Miner, Struck by a fall of stone from the roof
						Cowley, Joseph, 22 Nov 1934, aged 57, Brusher, Killed by a fall of roof
						McCallum, George, 31 Mar 1937, aged 34, Coal Cutter, Struck by steel prop
						Muir, A. C., 24 Nov 1936, Prop Drawer, was in the act of drawing a prop supporting the roof in one section of the pit, when a fall occurred and pinned him to the pavement, he was dead when extricated [More information ...]
						Murphy, John, 02 May 1934, Miner, Crushed by a fall of stone from the roof
						5 names found

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