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Surname
GARDNER
Forename
William
Day
14
Month
12
Year
1906
Age
55
Occupation
Loco. Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Newbattle
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lothian Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newtongrange
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
Deceased was on the colliery engine moving a train of loaded waggons across the weighbridge, when an engine and van belonging to the North British Railway Company came in to lift a train load of waggons for shipment, which stood on another line by a mistake the wrong points were opened and this engine crashed into the colliery engine and crushed deceased so seriously that he died 30 minutes later. The points were opened by a railway inspector, who was not empowered to do so.