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Surname
STEWART
Forename
Alexander
Day
27
Month
09
Year
1928
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Carberry, No.5 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Whitecraig
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
27 September 1928: Two Miners Killed – Carberry Pit Accident - A fall of about 15 tons of stone in No.5 pit, Carberry, belonging to the Edinburgh Colliery Company, fatally crushed two Musselburgh district miners yesterday. The victims of the accident were John Storrie, 355 Forth View, Wallyford, who leaves a widow and grown-up family; and Alexander Stewart, 11 Mitchell Street, Musselburgh, who leaves a widow and family of seven, all the children being under 14 years. It took some time to extricate the men, and when this was done life in both cases was found to be extinct. [Scotsman 28 September 1928]