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Surname
DILLON
Forename
James
Day
17
Month
01
Year
1934
Age
60
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Carberry
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Whitecraig
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
17 January 1934: Musselburgh Miner Killed - James Dillon (60), a miner, who resided at 76 Rothesay Place, Musselburgh, was crushed by a fall of stone from the roof of an underground working of Carberry Colliery, Musselburgh, and died at the pit-bottom as arrangements were being made to convey him to the surface. [Scotsman 19 January 1934]