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Surname
RODDEN
Forename
James
Day
07
Month
10
Year
1928
Age
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Cadzow, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Cadzow Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
7 October 1928: Hamilton Pit Explosion – Four Miners Injured - As the result of an explosion in the Kiltongue seam of No.1 Pit, Cadzow Colliery, near Hamilton, on Sunday evening, four men were injured, three of them seriously, and one to a lesser extent The most seriously injured men are James Brooks, Thomas Paton, and James Rodden, all residing in the Low Waters district of Hamilton. They received burning injuries and shock, and were removed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The fourth man, John Kane, living in M'Ghie Street, Hamilton, was able to go home. It is believed that the explosion was due to the fusing of a wire connected with one of the electric coal cutters. [Scotsman 9 October 1928] The Hamilton Pit Explosion – Two Deaths – The death has occurred in the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, of two of the four men who were injured in the explosion which took place in Cadzow Colliery, Hamilton, on Sunday evening. The men who have died are James Rodden and Tomas Paton, both married men, who lived in the Low Waters District of Hamilton. A third man, James Brooks, is still lying in a critical condition in the Royal Infirmary. The fourth man was less seriously injured. [Scotsman 11 October 1928]