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Surname
PATRICK
Forename
James
Day
13
Month
09
Year
1900
Age
25
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Tannochside, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Archibald Russell
Location
Uddingston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
A blind pit was being put up from the lower seam to his working place. He was warned to retire while a shot of gelignite was about to be fired in the blind pit but he returned before it went off. The shot blew through the intervening strata and struck him.