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Surname
McCABE
Forename
James
Day
27
Month
02
Year
1925
Age
67
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Carriden
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Carriden Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Bo’ness
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
27 February 1925: Bo'ness Pit Explosion – One Death - James M'Cabe (67), Dock Street, Bo'ness, died at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, on Saturday, from the effects of extensive burning injuries received in a recent explosion in Carriden Pit. The other man, James Moffat, is still in the Infirmary, and is progressing favourably. The men were about to fire a shot in the mine when the explosion occurred, from some cause not yet ascertained. [Scotsman 2 March 1925] Information from the Inspectors of Mines - 1925: Explosion At Carriden Colliery, Linlithgow, two miners were taken by the Manager and Under-Manager to commence driving a road in a seam which had been cut by a stone mine some eight months before. As it was a leading place and gas had been seen in it, the men were only allowed to work with safety lamps, but were permitted to use gunpowder for blasting, with fuses ignited by matches. The result of these remarkable arrangements was seen a week later when one of the miners struck a match to light two shots. There was an explosion which burnt the two miners badly and injured two drawers at the other end of the stone mine. The man who struck the match was an old man, and his injuries terminated a week later.