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Surname
WALKER
Forename
Robert
Day
14
Month
04
Year
1914
Age
18
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Niddrie, No.12 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Gilmerton
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
His duty was to draw the miners' tubs and put them on to a brake incline. As the signal at his level was defective he had stretched out on to the incline, which dips at 64 degrees, to strike the rail with a piece of iron, and so signal to the top or bottom of the incline. While doing so he overbalanced and fell to the bottom of the incline and was killed.