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Surname
McKNIGHT
Forename
Thomas
Day
08
Month
05
Year
1914
Age
42
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Calderbank
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Baillieston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased, with two other workmen, had just completed the charging of a shot hole in the pavement, and, when one of the men was about to ignite the fuse, the roof suddenly and without warning fell and the three men were buried. When the stone was removed one was found to be dead and the other two were injured. A subsequent examination of the roof showed that the fall had come away from an unseen and unknown glazy parting. Such partings had not been met with in this seam before. The roof was composed of hard fakes and was apparently good.