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Surname
HORSBURGH
Forename
Richard
Day
12
Month
04
Year
1915
Age
60
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Roslin
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Shotts Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Roslin
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
12 April 1915: Fatal Pit Accident in Midlothian - By the fall of about three tons of coal in the workings of the Moat Pit, near Roslin, a miner named Richard Horsburgh was fatally injured yesterday morning. He was conveyed in an ambulance to his house at Fishers', Tryst, Glencorse, as a first step towards his being taken to the Royal Infirmary, but he died within half an hour of his arrival at his home. He was about 60 years of age, and is survived by his widow and a grown-up family. [Scotsman 13 April 1915]