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Surname
BELL
Forename
David Martin
Day
19
Month
12
Year
1927
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Michael
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wemyss Coal Co. Ltd
Location
East Wemyss
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Explosives – At Michael Colliery, Fife, on 19th December, a miner was charging a shot hole with gunpowder in a working which at the time and place was 2 ft. high. The pit is one in which naked lights are used and, by some means, he ignited all the gunpowder - over 4 lbs - in his canister and was so badly burned that he died seven days later.