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Surname
GILLESPIE
Forename
Robert
Day
31
Month
12
Year
1910
Age
34
Occupation
Jobber
Mine/Quarry Name
Hallside
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Dunlop & Co. Ltd
Location
Cambuslang
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
A shot charged with stowite was being fired with a patent igniter fuse, and the miner nipped the igniter, but thought the fuse had not been lighted, and he was nipping it a second time when the shot exploded and severely injured the deceased about the head.