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Surname
DUFF
Forename
John
Day
03
Month
04
Year
1910
Age
25
Occupation
Pump Mechanic
Mine/Quarry Name
Kinglassie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kinglassie
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Two roads had been driven, one out of No.1 shaft and the other out of No.2, and had almost met. Deceased was in charge of the one from No.1 shaft, and shot holes were in, charged in both with gelignite, which it had been agreed should be fired simultaneously. An agreed signal was given to light the shots, but owing probably to the fuse being damp, the deceased did not get his shots lighted before those in the other place exploded and blew through, and he was killed by the flying stones.