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Surname
FARQUHAR
Forename
Henry
Day
08
Month
04
Year
1913
Age
32
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Niddrie, No.13 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Gilmerton
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
This man was engaged in holing, in the little Splint seam in No.2 level, North Side, where the measures lie at a very steep inclination, when a piece of coal came away without any warning from a "back" and killed him.