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Surname
BOURHILL
Forename
George
Day
28
Month
09
Year
1909
Age
17
Occupation
Winchman
Mine/Quarry Name
Wallyford
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Mussleburgh
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
Deceased worked a crab winch used to haul debris to the redd bing. It appears that the engine centred, and he got up on top to move the drum and inadvertently put his foot on throttle valve lever allowing full steam to cylinders and causing the drum to revolve whereby he was thrown over it to the other side and fatally injured.