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Surname
HADDEN
Forename
Archibald
Day
10
Month
02
Year
1923
Age
27
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Carberry
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Whitecraig
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
Falls in Mines – Falls of Sides – He was coming up in the cage at the end of his shift, when some material fell from the surface or elsewhere and struck the flat cover of the cage. Hadden must have been standing rigidly with his head against the cover. He received injuries to his spine and died 16 days later.