Full Details
- Surname
- MacKINNON
- Forename
- Matthew
- Day
- 27
- Month
- 01
- Year
- 1901
- Age
- 38
- Occupation
- Reddsman
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Holytown, No.8 Pit
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- James Nimmo & Co. Ltd
- Location
- Holytown
- County
- Lanarkshire
- Details of Event
- Without sanction the fireman allowed the deceased to inspect the workings instead of doing it himself and while doing so with a naked light he ignited firedamp.