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Surname
GALLACHER
Forename
William
Day
01
Month
09
Year
1904
Age
25
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Blantyreferme
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
A.G. Moore & Co. Ltd
Location
Uddingston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
The seam is worked with safety but as two tobacco pipes a box of matches and a burnt match were afterwards found at the point where the explosion happened, it is evident the gas was ignited while the deceased and his neighbour were smoking. His neighbour was injured.