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Surname
HOPE
Forename
John
Day
19
Month
08
Year
1901
Age
24
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Douglas
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Rigside
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased worked in a room 9 to 10 ft wide. The face was standing on an upthrow of 3.5 ft and the left side had been had been stripped an unproved upthrow for a distance of 14ft. No one witnessed the accident but they were believed to have fired a shot at the face and to have been engaged working in the working off the loose stuff when the roof burst in upon them completely burying them. 2 killed.