The Falla Hill Pit Disaster 1902
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The Falla Hill Pit Disaster 1902
Image: © M J Richardson Taken: 23 Aug 2014
Memorial plaque on the Fauldhouse Miners Welfare Club commemorating the disaster on 20 October 1902, in which four men were killed and whose bodies were never recovered - The True Price of Coal! Details can be found in http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/347.html, from newspaper reports of the time, along with a depressing list of surprisingly frequent mining accidents. Pre-Health & Safety legislation.
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Image Location
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55.827226
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-3.707076