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Surname
McWATT
Forename
James
Day
21
Month
03
Year
1927
Age
26
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Carberry
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Whitecraig
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
21 March 1927: Musselburgh Miner Killed - James M'Watt (26), married, a hutch drawer in Carberry Colliery, who resided at 66 Rothesay Place, Musselburgh, was instantaneously killed by a fall of stones in the underground workings of that pit. [Scotsman 22 March 1927]