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Surname
MILLAR
Forename
James
Day
16
Month
07
Year
1906
Age
22
Occupation
Labourer
Mine/Quarry Name
Wallyford
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Mussleburgh
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
In stocking the coal in the bing an inclined plane was in use the loaded tub is descending pulling up the empty. A loaded tub was ready to descend and it was pushed away without the hook of the rope being attached the result being that it ran away, and on reaching the bottom of the incline it struck an electric pole throwing it down and in its fall struck deceased.