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Surname
MUIR
Forename
John
Day
23
Month
06
Year
1925
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Prestonlinks
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Ltd
Location
Prestonpans
County
Haddingtonshire
Details of Event
23 June 1925: Prestonpans Miner Killed - Last evening John Muir, miner, who resided in High Street, Prestonpans, was killed by a fall of stone in the Links Pit, Prestonpans, owned by the Edinburgh Collieries Co, (Ltd.). Muir was married, and leaves a widow and one child. [The Scotsman 24 June 1925] Information from the Inspectors of Mines - 1925: Roof fall At Prestonlinks Colliery, Haddington, a miner set a defective prop with a bad foot piece against a part of the roof which he knew was broken. Whilst he was working under this part the prop fell out, and a stone, weighing about 15 cwt., fell on to him. His skull was fractured and he died two hours later.