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Surname
McEWAN
Forename
James
Day
24
Month
11
Year
1900
Age
14
Occupation
Drawer
Mine/Quarry Name
Gilmilnscroft, No.4 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Gauchalland Coal Co.
Location
Auchinleck
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
He entered a road adjoining his working place and on climbing over a fall his naked light ignited firedamp. The fireman stated that he had been redding the fall a short time before the explosion. The deceased ought not to have gone into the road.