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Surname
RAMSAY
Forename
John
Day
05
Month
12
Year
1924
Age
29
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Kenmuirhill, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Mount Vernon Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Shettleston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
5 December 1924: Fatal Pit Explosion at Mount Vernon - A miner named John Ramsay (29), residing at 941 Shettleston Road, Shettleston, has died in the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, from the effects of burning sustained in an explosion which took place while he was at work in Kenmuirhill colliery, Mount Vernon. Another man, who was working within a short distance of deceased, escaped without injury. [Scotsman 9 December 1924]