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Surname
THOMSON
Forename
John
Day
22
Month
06
Year
1933
Age
36
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Newtongrange, Lingerwood Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lothian Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newtongrange
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
22 June 1933: Newbattle Pit Fatality - A pit brusher named John Thomson (36), while engaged in cleaning operations underground in Lingerwood Pit, Newbattle, received serious internal injuries, on his right hip from a stone which fell from the side of the road working. He died in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary a few hours after the occurrence. Thomson resided at Ash Cottage, Gorebridge. [Scotsman 24 June 1933]