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Surname
GIRDWOOD
Forename
Charles
Day
06
Month
06
Year
1913
Age
38
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Burdiehouse Mine
Mineral Worked
Limestone
Owner
Midlothian Limestone Co. Ltd
Location
Gilmerston
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
He was working at the face of the main level, which is 40ft high, when a stone fell from a "lype" on the left side and fatally injured him. Crowns with cladding above them were placed 15ft.- above the pavement of the level, but these were carried away by the fall.