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Surname
CHALMERS
Forename
Francis M
Day
24
Month
03
Year
1932
Age
54
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Smeaton, Cowden Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
A.G. Moore & Co. Ltd
Location
Dalkeith
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
24 March 1932: Dalkeith Miner Killed - By a fall of material from the roof of one of the pit workings in the Cowden Pit of the Smeaton Colliery, near Dalkeith, yesterday, Francis M. Chalmers (54) was instantaneously killed. He resided at Thorburn's Buildings, Buccleuch Street, Dalkeith, and is survived by his wife and a son. [Scotsman 25 March 1932]