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Surname
BLACK
Forename
John
Day
21
Month
02
Year
1914
Age
51
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Fauldhead, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Sanquhar & Kirkconnel Collieries Ltd
Location
Kirkconnel
County
Dumfriesshire
Details of Event
Between 5 & 5.55am. When making the inspection prior to the shift commencing work an explosion of gas occurred, which extinguished his light, and he was burned. He appears afterwards to have crawled some distance into an old end and was killed by C.O. poisoning. A naked light lamp, after the explosion, was found along with his safety lamp near a break in the roof where gas was occasionally found. He had evidently been carrying the naked light, in contravention of Section 64 (2) of the Coal Mines Act, and thus ignited some firedamp, the explosion of which deranged the brattice cloth, and, at the same time, continued to burn at the feeder, and produced carbon monoxide, which caused his death.