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Surname
GLEN
Forename
James
Day
19
Month
10
Year
1903
Age
30
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Balbardie Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Balbardie Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Bathgate
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Deceased and his brother were firing two holing shots at the face of a stone mine. Gutta percha covered fuse was used. Deceased's fuse did not burn properly so they decided to extinguish it by rubbing with their fingers. When the other shot exploded deceased returned almost immediately to relight this one but which he was still 20 yards from the face the shot exploded and a fragment of rock struck him on the head causing injuries which terminated fatally an hour afterwards.