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Surname
COTELLO
Forename
Michael
Day
30
Month
12
Year
1912
Age
28
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Meadowhead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Peter Cairns
Location
Airdrie
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
A brusher was pushing in a primer and detonator into a shot hole by means of a pick shaft when the charge of five cartridges of gelignite exploded, and he was severely injured on the face. He died on 1st January, 1913.