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Surname
CRIGHTON
Forename
James
Day
16
Month
05
Year
1900
Age
58
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Gilmilnscroft, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Gauchalland Coal Co.
Location
Auchinleck
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
While waffing gas along with two roadsmen and a miner from a working place in which he had found an accumulation when making his inspection an explosion happened. It was said that another man came in with a naked light and ignited the gas but this seems uncertain. Other three men were injured.