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Surname
RAFFERTY
Forename
Patrick
Day
26
Month
08
Year
1909
Age
41
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Baillesmuir
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Coltness Iron Co. Ltd
Location
Newmains
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased and his neighbour lighted three shots, and retired to a safe place. When explosions ceased the former declared that all the shots had gone off and both proceeded back towards the face, and when within 15 yards of the shot holes another explosion occurred, and deceased was killed by the flying debris. One of the shots had "hung fire," as some considerable time elapsed after the first explosions until the fatal one.