Full Details
- Surname
- McCAFFERTY
- Forename
- Michael
- Day
- 18
- Month
- 06
- Year
- 1903
- Age
- 42
- Occupation
- Brusher
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Orbiston, No.1 Pit
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Summerlee & Mossend Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
- Location
- Orbiston
- County
- Lanarkshire
- Details of Event
- While charging a shothole with gunpowder a spark from his lamp ignited 4lbs. of the explosive.
