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Surname
GILLESPIE
Forename
Myles
Day
26
Month
01
Year
1943
Age
44
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Newtongrange, Lingerwood Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lothian Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newtongrange
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
26 January 1943: Myles Gillespie, miner (44), 30 Tenth Street, Newtongrange, employed by the Lothian Coal Company, Ltd, was killed yesterday by a fall of stone in Lingerwood Pit, Newbattle Collieries. [Scotsman 27 January 1943]