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Surname
SANDILANDS
Forename
Thomas
Day
24
Month
07
Year
1911
Age
51
Occupation
Haulageman
Mine/Quarry Name
Wallyford
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Musselburgh
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
Owing to a broken endless rope on the dook, he was probably caught by the runaway tubs when trying to signal the engineman to stop. On steep inclines, which require watching, it is desirable to have two wires into likely refuge holes, to prevent a haulage roadman having to leave a place of safety to "stop." In this case, however, there is no evidence that deceased was in any refuge hole.