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Surname
HARKNESS
Forename
Andrew
Day
20
Month
08
Year
1903
Age
Occupation
Lead Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Leadhills Mines
Mineral Worked
Lead
Owner
Leadhills Mining Co.
Location
Leadhills
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
20 August 1903: Leadhills Miner Killed. A miner named Andrew Harkness in the employment of the Leadhills Mining Company, has been killed in one of the mines there through falling down a hopper which is used for emptying ore from the higher to the lower seam. [Edinburgh Evening News 22 August 1903]