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Surname
ARTHUR
Forename
John
Day
06
Month
06
Year
1914
Age
40
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Newcraighall, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newcraighall
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
He was working at the face of a room which was stripping a pillar to the rise of a fallen waste when, without warning, a piece of the roof stone, which must have been loose and concealed by the rubbish in the waste fell and struck him on the thigh, causing injuries from which he died the following morning.