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Surname
DICKSON
Forename
Alex.
Day
21
Month
05
Year
1915
Age
23
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Prestongrange
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Prestonpans
County
Haddingtonshire
Details of Event
21 May 1915: Miner Killed At Prestonpans - A miner named Alex. Dickson, aged 23 years, who resided in Front Street, Cuthill, was yesterday killed whilst at work in Prestongrange Colliery, through being run over by loaded hutches. Dickson, who belonged to Bellshill district, only recently came to the district. [Edinburgh Evening News 22 May 1915]