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Surname
PRITCHARD
Forename
Robert
Day
03
Month
07
Year
1914
Age
35
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Shettleston
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Mount Vernon Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Shettleston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased was making an inspection in a section which had been idle for several days, owing to a breakdown of the haulage plant, and, while doing so, the light in his safety lamp was extinguished by firedamp. He then opened the lamp to relight it when an explosion occurred, and he was burned. His statement is that he struck a match, but the probability is that he was carrying an open light, as well as his safety lamp.