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Surname
REID
Forename
Robert
Day
27
Month
05
Year
1922
Age
57
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Rosehall, No.14 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Addie & Sons Collieries Ltd
Location
Coatbridge
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Miscellaneous Underground – By Fires - A fire originated near the foot of a dook where two electrically driven pumps were working. Sometime prior to the outbreak owing to a pump breakdown the ventilation was cut off by the water rising. The fire was put out by flooding. A part of the dook beyond the air course was filled with fumes and whilst arrangements were being made for their removal by ventilation, deceased without instructions, travelled therein and was overcome.