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Surname
JONES
Forename
William (Injured)
Day
05
Month
12
Year
1918
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Clyde
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Carmyle
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
5 December 1918: Explosion in a Hamilton colliery - By an explosion of gas in the Clyde Colliery Hamilton, six men were injured, and five of them had to be convoyed to the Infirmary. The explosion occurred in a machine section where several man were engaged in electric cutting. The following are the injured:- Andrew Hamilton, 65 Windsor Street, Burnbank; James M'Culloch, 12 Gladstone Street, Burnbank; William Jones, 129 Quarry Street, Hamilton; Frank Graham, Hill View Morris Street, Hamilton; and John Graham, 6 Quarry Place, Hamilton. The sixth man was able to walk home. [Scotsman 6 December 1918] NB Andrew Hamilton, died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 6 December 1918