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Surname
KERR
Forename
Andrew
Day
20
Month
08
Year
1910
Age
26
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Gilmilnscroft
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Auchinleck
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
He was illegally attempting to fire a shot charged with samsonite in a mine to which the Explosives in Coal Mines Order applied with a Bickford's Patent Igniter fuse, when it exploded before he could get away from it, and inflicted fatal injuries. The shot hole was close to the pavement, and he had probably, without being aware of the fact, stepped on the igniter and thus lighted he fuse. It is not known how he became possessed of a detonator. He either illegally brought one to the pit with him or the shot-firer must have dropped one in his place.