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Surname
McCONNELL
Forename
Hugh
Day
01
Month
12
Year
1910
Age
63
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Prestongrange
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Prestonpans
County
Haddingtonshire
Details of Event
A pair of headings had been driven in a new seam beyond a fault to prove it, and then stopped. The manager told the deceased he wanted to go into these places prior to their being restarted and instructed him to go in and examine them and he would follow him. McConnell went and took his safety lamp and a naked light with him and the latter ignited some gas which had accumulated beyond a door which had been damaged, and of which he was aware by some runaway hutches. A canvas screen had been put up beyond the door as there was not room for double doors but as it did not reach to the pavement, practically all the air was short circuiting and none was passing to the faces of the headings, which were about 400 yards in advance of where the door was damaged. Died on the 7th.