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Surname
GALLOWAY
Forename
John
Day
30
Month
10
Year
1911
Age
60
Occupation
Oncost Worker
Mine/Quarry Name
Dalzell & Broomside
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wishaw Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Motherwell
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
The deceased was sent by his son, the fireman of the section, to get some rails from an old road, among stoops, off the return airway. An explosion of firedamp occurred and killed him. The mine has always been worked with naked lights, and no gas is alleged to have been found in it for more than a year.