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Surname
McLUSKIE
Forename
William
Day
02
Month
12
Year
1907
Age
23
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Newbattle
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lothian Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newtongrange
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
Deceased and his neighbour were charging a hole with compressed gunpowder in pellets, and while doing so, a spark from his neighbour’s lamp, which was in his cap, fell on a pellet as it was being handed to deceased to put into this hole.