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Surname
GILLON
Forename
James
Day
29
Month
08
Year
1921
Age
13
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Lawfield (outcrop)
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Location
Dalkeith
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
29 August 1921: Father and Son Killed in Dalkeith Coal Outcrop Working - An accident occurred at Lawfield, Dalkeith, on Monday night, when, as the result of a heavy fall of earth and stones, James Gillon (60), pithead worker, and his thirteen-year-old son, James, were entombed in an old outcrop working, where they had been digging coal. The boy, it is presumed, was killed outright, but the voice of the father was heard calling for help for some time after the fall had taken place. A squad of miners from Whitehill and Newbattle laboured untiringly to effect a rescue, but, owing to the vast accumulation of earth and debris, the work was extremely difficult. The boy's body was the first recovered, but it was ' not till midday yesterday that the father's body was found, life being extinct. [Scotsman 31 August 1921]