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Surname
GARRITY
Forename
Michael
Day
26
Month
01
Year
1913
Age
42
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Bardykes
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Cambuslang
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased was engaged with three other men and a chargeman in heightening a haulage road. A quantity of gas had collected in a hole formed when a fall of the roof took place after the timber was drawn. An indicator safety lamp was hung on the highest available support, but during the chargeman’s absence a naked light was attached to this safety lamp with the result that the gas became ignited, and Garrity received such injuries that he died on the 3rd February.