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Surname
HUGHES
Forename
Matthew Webb
Day
24
Month
05
Year
1941
Age
42
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Newtongrange, Lingerwood Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lothian Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newtongrange
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
24 May 1941: Newtongrange Miner Killed - A Newtongrange miner - Matthew Webb Hughes, The Crescent, Gowkshill, in the employment of the Lothian Coal Co., Ltd.; was killed by a fall of stone while at work on Saturday in Lingerwood Pit, Newbattle Collieries. Forty-two years of age, he was married, and leaves a family of five. [Scotsman 26 May 1941]