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Surname
DOWNIE
Forename
Charles
Day
15
Month
04
Year
1903
Age
44
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Lochwood, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Lochwood Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Easterhouse
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Two shots of compressed gunpowder were being fired. His neighbour lit the fuse of one and he attempted to light the other and thought that he failed to do so. The first lit shot went off and on returning to relight the other it went off killing Downie and injuring his neighbour.