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Surname
KELLY
Forename
Andrew (Injured)
Day
11
Month
05
Year
1920
Age
26
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Govan, No.6 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Dixon Ltd
Location
Rutherglen
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
11 May 1920: Colliery Explosion at Rutherglen - Hugh Martin (24), 28 Preston Street, Bridgeton; John Mallon (34) 18 Norman Street, Bridgeton; and Andrew Kelly (26), 23 Harriet Street, Rutherglen, were severely burned by an explosion of fire damp in William Dixon's (Ltd.) No. 6 Colliery at Rutherglen yesterday. The first-named died later in the Victoria Infirmary Glasgow. [Scotsman 12 May 1920]