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Surname
LAMBIE
Forename
John
Day
07
Month
06
Year
1923
Age
Occupation
Undermanager
Mine/Quarry Name
Prestonlinks
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Ltd
Location
Prestonpans
County
Haddingtonshire
Details of Event
7 June 1923: Under-Manager Killed in an East Lothian Pit - A fatal accident occurred yesterday, in the underground workings of the Preston Links Pit of the Edinburgh Collieries Co. (Ltd.), East Lothian. Mr John Lambie, one of the under managers, was struck down by a fall of stone from the roof, and when extricated was dead. He, along with Mr Robert Halliday, manager, and Mr T. M'Leod, under-manager, had completed a tour of inspection when the affair occurred. His companions escaped. Mr Lambie was a married man, and resided at Cockenzie. [Scotsman 8 June 1923]