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Surname
MURRAY
Forename
David
Day
18
Month
12
Year
1922
Age
26
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Woolmet
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Portobello
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
18 December 1922: Newcraighall Miner Killed - David Murray, miner, Second Avenue, Newcraighall, was instantaneously killed in Woolmet Pit, of the Niddrie and Benhar Coal Company, yesterday morning. He was struck on the head by the heavy pulley-block of a coal-cutting machine. He leaves a widow and two children. [Scotsman 19 December 1922] Machinery – He was flitting a coal cutting machine along the face when the spindle of the haulage pulley broke. The pulley struck him on the back of the head, fracturing his skull and killing him instantly. The frame carrying the haulage pulley was of such design as to allow the pulley to be drawn out when the spindle broke. An ordinary 5/8in. Diameter bolt was in use as a spindle. Newspaper report - Lothians pages