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Surname
COLLINS
Forename
William
Day
06
Month
02
Year
1914
Age
34
Occupation
Overman
Mine/Quarry Name
Whitehill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lothian Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Rosewell
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
He was superintending the widening of a road and, in order to remove a girder, he allowed in contravention of Section 2 (a) of the Explosives in Coal Mines Order, two cartridges of gelignite to be placed on it as a "lay on" shot. When the gelignite exploded a small piece of the girder was blown off, and it struck deceased on the hip as he was sitting on the roadway 20 yards away. As well as being to blame for allowing the shot to be fired at all he neglected to take proper shelter.