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Surname
CUNNINGHAM
Forename
David
Day
08
Month
01
Year
1903
Age
41
Occupation
Quarryman
Mine/Quarry Name
Barnton Park Quarry
Mineral Worked
Sandstone
Owner
G. & R. Cousin
Location
Edinburgh, Barnton
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
A shot in the quarry bottom missed fire and deceased with two workmen started to bore it out the charge exploded. In boring the charge deceased uses a steel jumper which he turned while others struck it with hammers.