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Surname
LOGAN
Forename
Robert
Day
08
Month
01
Year
1900
Age
47
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Niddrie
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Niddrie & Benhar Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Gilmerton
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
Deceased and another fireman began to inspect the workings after the holiday preparatory to work restarting. In going to a rise place by the usual ladderway they found it blocked by a fall and returning they proceeded up the brake incline deceased leading the way at the drum gas was ignited by deceased's open light which he carried on his cap and an explosion resulted causing him to lose his hold and fall to the bottom of incline a distance of 40 yards. The gradient was 75 degrees. Gas was known to be in the rise place some distance away and both men carried safety lamps besides their open lights but never before had gas been seen in a working brake incline.