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Surname
WOOD
Forename
Andrew Watt
Day
08
Month
11
Year
1938
Age
35
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Carberry, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Whitecraig
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
8 November 1938: A Wallyford miner was killed at Carberry Colliery, near Musselburgh, yesterday. He was Andrew W. Wood (35), who resided at 2 Forthview. Wood was crushed and killed instantly by a stone weighing about 3 cwts, which fell from the roof while he was at work at the coal face in No.2 pit. [Scotsman 9 November 1938]