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Surname
WALKER
Forename
James
Day
08
Month
01
Year
1913
Age
43
Occupation
Chief Engineer
Mine/Quarry Name
Wallyford
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Musselburgh
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
He had only been employed at the Colliery five weeks, and was engaged with the Undermanager in obtaining dimensions of the pumping plant in the shaft when he was caught by the descending "banging-boards," attached to the pump rods, and so severely crushed that he died the same night.