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Surname
PRIOR
Forename
James
Day
18
Month
12
Year
1923
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Newcraighall, Klondyke Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newcraighall
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
18 December 1923: Miner Fatally Injured - James Prior, a miner living at 7 Heriot Mount, Edinburgh, yesterday succumbed to injuries received earlier in the day, through the fall of a roof in Klondyke Pit, New Craighall, near Edinburgh. Prior was found to be dead upon the arrival, at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, of the ambulance conveying him. [Scotsman 19 December 1923]