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Surname
GALLACHER
Forename
Patrick
Day
04
Month
12
Year
1902
Age
15
Occupation
Assistant Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Prestongrange
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee & Mossend Iron & Steel Co.
Location
Prestonpans
County
Haddingtonshire
Details of Event
Deceased attended to a hoist used to raise and lower tubs for the speedier loading and discharging the cages at the shaft bottom. While discharging his duties a nozzle broke and hoist cage caught his head and killed him instantaneously.