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Surname
GIBSON
Forename
Robert
Day
21
Month
05
Year
1914
Age
64
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Arniston, Gore Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Arniston Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Gorebridge
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
Deceased was walking on a drawing road towards the pit bottom at the termination of shift when a runaway hutch, over which the drawer had lost control, came towards him. Instead of stepping to one side, deceased faced the hutch and attempted to stop it. He was crushed between the top of the hutch and a bar, and died about four hours later.