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Surname
FOSTER
Forename
John
Day
07
Month
07
Year
1911
Age
23
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Roslin
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shotts Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Roslin
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
When putting a full hutch on a carriage on an incline with a dip of 60 degrees, the brakesman moved the carriage before getting a signal to do so, and as a result the deceased and the hutch fell to the bottom of the incline, a distance of 170 feet.