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Surname
TODD
Forename
Andrew Gilchrist
Day
16
Month
04
Year
1915
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Prestongrange
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Prestonpans
County
Haddingtonshire
Details of Event
16 April & 11 May 1915: Workmen's Compensation Cases - Sheriff MacLeod has awarded £300 compensation, with expenses, in the action recently raised by the representatives of the late Andrew Todd, 68 Ravenshaugh Road, Levenhall, Musselburgh, against the Summerlee Iron Company in respect of the death of the workman who was injured in Prestongrange Colliery by a runaway hutch striking him on the chest. He subsequently died from the effects of his injuries. £300 has also been awarded in the action at the instance of the representatives of the late Alexander M'Luckie, miner, 4 Crown Square, Cockenzie, against the Edinburgh Collieries Company (Limited) for compensation. The deceased workman was injured in Prestonlinks Colliery by a fall of stone from the roof on 1st May last, and died in the Royal Infirmary on 11th May. Agents for the Claimants - Gray, Muirhead, & Carmichael, S.S.C., Dalkeith and Edinburgh. Agent for the Respondents - W. T. Craig, solicitor , Glasgow. [Scotsman 16 October 1915] Andrew Gilchrist Todd died 16 April 1915 in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary