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Surname
MULVANEY
Forename
John
Day
18
Month
11
Year
1907
Age
30
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Kepplehill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Kepplehill Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Shotts
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Three shots were charged, and deceased was left to light this fuses he had lighted two and apparently was delayed in lighting the third, and the two shots exploded on him before his got out of harms way. The fuse of the third shot had this appearance as if an attempt had been made to light it: deceased’s lamp was found near to this shot and it seems as if this spitting of the fuse had extinguished his light, and he had shipped the fuse burning with his fingers and was then moving away in this dark when shots exploded.