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Surname
McCOMISKY
Forename
Alexander
Day
11
Month
01
Year
1911
Age
41
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Bothwell Castle, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
The deceased had prepared a shot at the roadend. Inserting a detonator into a cartridge of Samsonite he proceeded to carry it in his hands in to his brushing face. He had only gone a few yards, however, when the charge exploded in his hands, shattering both of them. He died on the 1st April.