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Surname
DOUGAN
Forename
Michael
Day
19
Month
10
Year
1928
Age
34
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Ross, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell & Co. Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
19 October 1928: Three miners were seriously burned as the result of an explosion early on Friday morning in No.1 Pit, Ross Colliery, Ferniegair, Hamilton; belonging to Archibald Russell and Co. Ltd. The three men, who were engaged in the seam at the time, were removed to hospital suffering from burns about the head and face, and their condition is reported to be serious. They are: - Patrick M. McLaughlan, (47), Stevenston Street, Calton, Glasgow Michael Dougan, (34), Campbell St, Hamilton Sutherland McKay, (32), Mackin Road, Larkhall This is the second pit explosion in Hamilton within the last 10 days and as a result the colliery was completely idle on Friday [Times October 22 1928] Ross Colliery Accident - An accident of an alarming and rather serious nature occurred in No.1 pit, Ross Colliery, Ferniegair, about 3.30 yesterday morning, as a result of which three men are now in the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, suffering from burning injuries. They are:- Sutherland M'Kay, brusher, 63 Machan Road, Larkhall; Michael Dougan, brusher, 17 Campbell Street, Hamilton; and Patrick M'Laughlan, brusher, 138 Stevenson Street, Calton, Glasgow. They were employed at the time in the Pyotshaw coal seam about a mile and a quarter from the pit bottom, and the accident is believed to have been caused by an ignition in some unexplained way of gas. M'Kay was severely burned about the face, neck, back, arms and hands; Dougan on the arms, hands and neck; and M'Laughlan on the face, arms and hands. All three are, in addition, suffering from shock. [Hamilton Advertiser 20 October 1928] NB Sutherland McKay died on October 26th in Glasgow Royal Infirmary