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Surname
AITKEN
Forename
William
Day
31
Month
03
Year
1922
Age
27
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Dalkeith
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
A.G. Moore & Co.
Location
Dalkeith
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
Falls in Mine (b) Falls of Roof – He was getting coal on a stoop side when the whole of the waste, 500 square yards, fell without warning and he was killed. As a rule plenty of warning was given before a waste fall. It is estimated that over 50 props were overridden and swept out and many hundreds of tons of rock fell.