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Surname
RUSSELL
Forename
James
Day
03
Month
06
Year
1907
Age
15
Occupation
Haulage Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Prestongrange
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Prestonpans
County
Haddingtonshire
Details of Event
Deceased’s duties were to attach and detach tubs to this haulage rope, and it appeared that in detaching this clip from a moving tub his was too near a train of tubs and before he got the clip out he was crushed between the moving tub and this last tub of this train.