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Surname
DICKSON
Forename
Robert
Day
17
Month
03
Year
1939
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Oxenford
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Oxenford Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Ormiston
County
Haddingtonshire
Details of Event
16 & 17 March 1939: Two Fatal Pit Accidents - While he was at work in Prestongrange Colliery on Thursday night, Andrew Cross (33), of East Loan, Prestonpans, was caught by a fall from the roof and received fatal injuries. Cross was married, and leaves a widow and one child. The colliery was idle yesterday as a mark of respect. Robert Dickson, Tyne View, Ormiston, was killed instantaneously by a fall of rock while working in No.2 Oxenford Pit, Ormiston Colliery Company, yesterday morning. He was timbering the roof when a rock fell, striking him on the head. [Scotsman 18 March 1939]