Full Details

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]