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Surname
NEWALL or NEWHALL
Forename
Robert
Day
15
Month
09
Year
1914
Age
21
Occupation
Bottomer
Mine/Quarry Name
Lochrigg, No.4 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Ballochney Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Whiterigg
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased was bottomer at a mid landing. He signalled away the cage to the surface, opened the gate, and immediately after went to the back of a loaded tub. and, pushing it into the open shaft, fell with it some 18 fathoms, and was killed. He had evidently forgotten that he had signalled the cage away. The landing was well lighted.