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Surname
MACK
Forename
Alexander
Day
16
Month
04
Year
1902
Age
42
Occupation
Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Northfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Northfield Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Prestonpans
County
Haddingtonshire
Details of Event
Deceased descended the shaft for the purpose of starting a steam pump situated at a mid working. As he approached it a joint in the steam pipes a few yards below him was blown out. Finding himself enveloped in the escaping steam he endeavoured to climb up by the buntons but was overcome and fell a distance of 90 feet into an accumulation of water in the bottom. Death appeared to have been due to drowning.