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Surname
LUKE
Forename
John
Day
19
Month
03
Year
1926
Age
23
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Carberry
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Whitecraig
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
19 March 1926: Midlothian Miner Killed - John Luke (23), miner, residing in Wallyford, was instantaneously killed yesterday afternoon by being crushed between a hutch and the roof of the underground workings at Carberry Colliery, near Musselburgh. [Scotsman 20 March 1926]