Full Details
- Surname
- ELDER
- Forename
- Robert
- Day
- 08
- Month
- 08
- Year
- 1906
- Age
- 28
- Occupation
- Joiner
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Canderrigg, Broomfield No.4
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
- Location
- Stonehouse
- County
- Lanarkshire
- Details of Event
- Explosion of gelignite and gunpowder in a bothy. It was said to have been caused by the bursting of an old electric incandescent lamp which they were testing. 3 killed.
