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Surname
O'DONNELL
Forename
Cornelius
Day
16
Month
04
Year
1900
Age
35
Occupation
Pit Sinker
Mine/Quarry Name
Bowhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bowhill Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Auchterderran
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased and another miner worked in a stone mine at foot of the main dook and at the same time a througher was being driven toward the companion dook 35 yards away which contained water this water suddenly burst into througher and running to the stone mine deceased was drowned. The thickness of coal between througher and companion dook at time of burst was 13 inches. The water lay 95 feet up the companion dook road and the quantity calculated amounted to 29,500 gallons with a head of 10.4 lb. per square inch. A prosecution was raised against the manager for contravention of General Rule 13.