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Surname
NK
Forename
NK
Day
08
Month
07
Year
1932
Age
Occupation
Repairer
Mine/Quarry Name
Littlemill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coylton Coal Co.
Location
Coylton
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
Explosion of Firedamp - A repairer was assisting to remove a fall of roof at the face of a dook at Littlemill Colliery, Ayrshire, on July 8, and ignited firedamp by his acetylene cap lamp when standing on the fallen stone. The fireman had tested for firedamp half an hour earlier but, more stone having been removed, the repairer had access to a higher zone in the cavity. Firedamp was not previously known in this seam and it may be that the fireman's examination was somewhat perfunctory on this account. The strata are highly inclined and the hazard of firedamp may generally be expected to increase with the depth of the seam from the surface. [From Inspector of Mines Report for 1932]