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Surname
DUFFIN
Forename
John
Day
07
Month
12
Year
1932
Age
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Lethans, No.2 Mine
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Saline
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Accidents by Explosives - At Lethans No.2 Surface Mine, Fifeshire on November 2, a fireman took up a position 50 feet from a brushing shot in hard sandstone and round a bend of about 40-, and a piece of rock ricochetted from the side and struck him inflicting fatal injuries. He had not extended his cable to the full length and he could have gone round another bend to fire the shot. [From Inspector of Mines Report for 1932]