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Surname
WATTERS
Forename
William
Day
20
Month
01
Year
1919
Age
28
Occupation
Machineman
Mine/Quarry Name
Prestongrange
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Prestonpans
County
Haddingtonshire
Details of Event
20 January 1919: William Watters (28), West Sea Side, Prestonpans , while working at a bar coal-cutting machine in Prestongrange colliery, was caught by the revolving bar, and received fatal injuries. [Scotsman 22 January 1919]