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Surname
KERR
Forename
Thomas
Day
05
Month
07
Year
1906
Age
46
Occupation
Engineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Newbattle
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lothian Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newtongrange
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
A haulage engine on the surface works a band rope led down the shaft and connected to machinery in a clutch house in bottom here there are three sets of clutches for three sets of haulage systems. The engine was signalled to stop, and deceased while the strain was at its greatest owing to the gearing of the three systems being in while the engine was at a standstill he began to clean cut one of the crank pits and unknown to him the strain was relieved by the clutchman throwing one of the systems out of gear, causing the engine to move slowly, and crank came round and crushed deceased.