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Surname
GREENHORN
Forename
Alexander
Day
20
Month
06
Year
1933
Age
55
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Newtongrange, Lingerwood Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lothian Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newtongrange
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
20 June 1933: Fatality At A Newbattle Pit -Alexander Greenhorn (55), a pit brusher, residing at 47 Fifth Street, Newtongrange, received serious injuries internally while cleaning up in Lingerwood Colliery, Newbattle, owing to a pit prop bursting out upon him. He died about an hour after the accident. Greenhorn leaves a widow and two children. [Scotsman 22 June 1933]