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Surname
WHITE
Forename
Findlay (Injured)
Day
02
Month
12
Year
1937
Age
27
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Arniston
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Arniston Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Gorebridge
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
2 December 1937: Explosion At Arniston Colliery - Two men, Findlay White (27), Newlandrigg, Gorebridge, and Matthew Douglas (30), Robertson Bank, Gorebridge, were admitted to the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, yesterday, suffering from burning injuries as a result of a gas explosion in Arniston Colliery, the property of the Arniston Colliery Co. (Ltd.), Gorebridge. [Scotsman 3 December 1937]