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Surname
DAVIDSON
Forename
John
Day
03
Month
03
Year
1904
Age
16
Occupation
Coupler
Mine/Quarry Name
Newbattle
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lothian Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newtongrange
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
The loaded tubs are run from the bottom deck of cage by gravity and by means of a creeper are raised to the weighbridge. In moving round to the creeper they pass close to a steel stay used to support the pithead. The deceased was attempting to control the speed of a loaded tub and when passing the stay his head was crushed between them.