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Surname
BENN
Forename
Robert
Day
14
Month
03
Year
1930
Age
45
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Woolmet
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Portobello
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
14 March 1930: Dalkeith Miner Killed - Robert Benn (45), who lodged in Roberton's Close, Dalkeith, died yesterday in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary from injuries he received in Woolmet Colliery. Benn was a widower, and belonged to East Lothian, but for the last five years had been living in Dalkeith. [Scotsman 15 March 1930]