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Surname
MILLIGAN
Forename
Patrick
Day
30
Month
11
Year
1900
Age
29
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Dechmont, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell
Location
Cambuslang
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Explosion of firedamp ignited by the tape fuse of a shot of Kynoch gelignite. The charge was illegally inserted in a break caused by a previous shot. The shot firer and another brusher were injured.