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Surname
GILLES
Forename
George
Day
28
Month
02
Year
1906
Age
16
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Harelaw Quarry
Mineral Worked
Limestone
Owner
Charleston Lime Co. Ltd
Location
Longniddry
County
Haddingtonshire
Details of Event
The tirring, composed of yellow boulder clay, was being removed off the top of the limestone and while deceased and others were engaged filling it into a bogie a mass fell away off the face and fatally crushed him. The fall came away from a ‘sand crack’ behind, which was unseen.