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Surname
CAMPBELL
Forename
Alexander
Day
01
Month
11
Year
1912
Age
14
Occupation
Creeper Attendant
Mine/Quarry Name
Carberry
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Edinburgh Collieries Co. Ltd
Location
Whitecraig
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
He was pushing a full hutch to the foot of a creeper, and fell into the hole where the drum is fixed round which the creeper chain works. The left leg was held in the hole, and the right leg was carried for a distance up the creeper. The right leg was taken off, and abdominal injuries received to which he succumbed in a couple of hours.