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Surname
CAMPBELL
Forename
John
Day
18
Month
12
Year
1902
Age
40
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Newcraighall
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Newcraighall
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
Deceased worked in a heading on which it was necessary to run the tube on the self-acting incline principle. At the top the gradient fell to 1 in 28 and the empty tub, ready to be filled stood with the front wheels over the rail ends and slightly lower than the beck ones. A shot was lighted at the coal face and deceased returned to the level road 84 feet distant as soon as the shot exploded he stepped into his own road to allow a tub from the level face to get out when his tub came down and crushed him against the side of the stoop. The shot was a blown out one and evidently the concussion had disturbed the tub and caused it to move toward the steep part of the road. There was no sprag or snibble in the tub.