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Surname
CUMMOCK
Forename
Boyd
Day
17
Month
08
Year
1900
Age
21
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Portland, No.5 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Portland Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Kilmarnock
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
A section of dip workings sealed off by a brick stopping was being reopened. Two shots of Nobel's blasting gelignite were fired in the stopping 30 ins thick blowing it down and causing an explosion of firedamp accumulated behind it. The men all retired nearer the shaft and an hour afterwards a second explosion occurred fatally injuring six of them and injuring other two. The cause of the second explosion has not been ascertained. 6 killed.