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Surname
MURPHY
Forename
Archibald
Day
12
Month
03
Year
1900
Age
39
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Pumpherston
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Pumpherston Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Uphall
County
Linlithgowshire
Details of Event
Deceased worked in an upset in the Pattison shale and on the morning of the accident the fireman discovered gas and prevented him starting but sent him to work in a level above. After breakfast he went in to have a look at the upset face and while going up his open light ignited the gas casing an explosion whereby he was severely burned the injuries terminating in death about three weeks after. The deceased was well aware of the presence of gas and in passing in he was warned by the Boy who worked a hand fan at the foot of the upset.