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Surname
COOGANS
Forename
James
Day
27
Month
10
Year
1908
Age
30
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Carbarns
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Hudspith & Co.
Location
Wishaw
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
After deceased had made lip and charged a shot he went back to his can to look for a knife, when a spark from his lamp which was on his cap, fell into the can and ignited the gunpowder. He died two days later. Special Rule was contravened.