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Surname
CRAWFORD
Forename
Thomas Newton
Day
05
Month
02
Year
1932
Age
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Loanhead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shotts Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Loanhead
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
Accidents from Other Causes - On February 5, at Loanhead (Ramsay) Colliery, Midlothian, a repairer was crossing a carriage incline at an inclination of 65- when he lost his balance and fell a distance of 240 feet and was killed outright. He was attempting to reach the signal wire to stop the carriage, but it could readily have been done by the fireman who was ascending in the carriage. [From Inspector of Mines Report for 1932]