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Surname
KELLY
Forename
James
Day
07
Month
03
Year
1910
Age
40
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Govan, No.5 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Dixon Ltd
Location
Rutherglen
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
These men, along with two others, were entering their working place at the beginning of the morning shift and when the deceased arrived near a hurdle screen his naked light ignited some gas, and he and his companions were burned. The fireman, who made the examination of the place before the shift commenced, found an accumulation of gas and cleared it away, with the exception of a small quantity in a hole in the roof, 6.5 feet above the pavement. Notwithstanding this gas was present he reported to another fireman that the place vas quite safe for workmen to enter and they were allowed to go into it, with the result that these men lost their lives and the other two were injured. 2 killed.