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Surname
O’NEIL
Forename
Arthur
Day
21
Month
11
Year
1902
Age
33
Occupation
Oversman
Mine/Quarry Name
Northfield
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Northfield Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Prestonpans
County
Haddingtonshire
Details of Event
The pump in a sinking shaft had been lowered and to prevent the water rising a water chest fixed on a cage had been requisitioned. Deceased and several other workmen were engaged taking the chest off at the lower surface level and he pushed behind while the others pulled and when it swung out clear of shaft he having no hold fell into the shaft to the bottom a distance of 73.5 fathoms.