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Surname
BENNETT
Forename
Alfred
Day
13
Month
02
Year
1914
Age
15
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Niddrie, No.12 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Gilmerton
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
After putting a hutch on to the carriage on a carriage brae, the average gradient of which was 70 degrees, the deceased noticed that one of the props, forming the position between the back balance and carriage way, had been knocked out, and was on the road on which the carriage ran. He therefore stepped on to the incline to put it right, when be overbalanced and fell to the bottom, and was instantly killed.