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Surname
DOWNIE
Forename
James
Day
21
Month
05
Year
1907
Age
32
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Newcraighall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newcraighall
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
Deceased worked in a heading and the tubs were hauled on the self-acting incline principle; the usual custom was for the drawer to follow up the ascending empty tub, and on meeting descending load tub to take hold of it and go down the heading. Deceased as usual met the loaded tub and followed behind it when it ran way and at the terminus it crashed into the side throwing out some timber causing the roof to fall and he was buried beneath it.