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Surname
LINDEN
Forename
Hugh
Day
03
Month
04
Year
1914
Age
38
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Hillhouserigg
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Baton Collieries Ltd
Location
Shotts
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He was travelling along the coal face, and was actually under a shot at a roadhead where, it exploded. The brushers had warned the men on one side of the road, but omitted to do anything to prevent any one approaching the shot from the other side. The deceased's body was only found when the stone displaced by the shot was taken away. Contravention of Section 2 (e) of the Explosives in Coal Mines Order.