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Surname
PURVES
Forename
William
Day
06
Month
08
Year
1924
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Carberry, Old Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Whitecraig
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
6 August 1924: Midlothian Pit Accident - Three Miners Killed – Buried By A Fall of Coal - A fall of coal took place yesterday afternoon in Carberry Old Pit, near Musselburgh, burying four men, three of whom were instantaneously killed, while the fourth was so seriously injured that he had to be removed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in an ambulance. The names of the killed are:- William Purves , a middle-aged married man, with a family. He resided in King Street, Musselburgh . John Morrison, 32 years of age, who resided in Rothesay Place, Musselburgh. He was a married man, with a family of two. James Urquhart, an elderly married man, who resided in the village of Deantown , near Musselburgh . The injured man is John Shaw, between 30 and 40 years of age. He is married, and resides in Newbigging, Musselburgh. He is suffering from severe crushing of the body. The accident occurred shortly before the early shift was due to quit work, and the scene of the disaster was No.11 Bench of the Jewel Seam. [Scotsman 7 August 1924]. Married man, with a family.