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Surname
GORMAN
Forename
Thomas
Day
06
Month
10
Year
1910
Age
24
Occupation
Stone Driver
Mine/Quarry Name
Prestongrange
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Prestonpans
County
Haddingtonshire
Details of Event
A mine was being driven, rising 1 in 5, through a 30 feet up-throw fault which was closely timbered, when a fall occurred and swung out at least ten set of timber. The deceased two men and another were buried, and, although extricated alive, Campbell and Gorman afterwards succumbed to their injuries. 2 killed.