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Surname
GREENAWAY
Forename
Isaac
Day
11
Month
11
Year
1910
Age
16
Occupation
Fan Boy
Mine/Quarry Name
Viewpark, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Viewpark
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He was employed driving a hand fan to ventilate a level which was being driven beyond an up-through fault of 9 feet in a safety lamp pit The cause of the explosion Is not quite clear, but it is possible that he had fallen asleep and owing to the fan being stopped, gas had accumulated and put out his safety lamp, and when he awoke he struck a match which caused the explosion. A lucifer match was found in one of the pockets of his coat afterwards. His safety lamp an unbonnetted Marsaut was tested after the explosion and found to be in good order.