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Surname
ADAMSON
Forename
Robert
Day
18
Month
06
Year
1910
Age
57
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Devon
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Alloa Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Sauchie
County
Clackmannanshire
Details of Event
The oil in an electric controller connected to a pump motor became by some means ignited, and Adamson and another man who were on the in-bye side of it endeavoured to make their way through the resulting smoke to the shaft by the intake. Adamson failed to do so, being overcome and suffocated. The other being younger was able to make his way out and was not much worse.