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Surname
CLARK
Forename
Christina
Day
12
Month
04
Year
1918
Age
16
Occupation
Pithead Girl
Mine/Quarry Name
Woolmet
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Portobello
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
12 April 1918: A sixteen-year-old pithead girl, Christina Clark, 27 Avenue Square, New Craighall, was instantaneously killed at Woolmet Colliery of the Niddrie and Benhar Coal Company by being struck on the throat by a handle that had broken off from a crane. [Scotsman 13 April 1918]