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Surname
REGAN
Forename
Joseph
Day
30
Month
08
Year
1930
Age
43
Occupation
Hewer
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchinraith, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Merry & Cunninghame Ltd
Location
Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
The accident, he said, occurred about 8:15am and was due to an ignition of fire damp in the Black Band section of No.1 pit. In all 15 men were at work in the section when the explosion took place. The men in the other sections of the pit being totally unaware that an explosion had occurred.