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Surname
RODGER
Forename
William
Day
17
Month
10
Year
1929
Age
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Townhead
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Carfin
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Information from the Mines Inspector's report - 1929: Explosion  At Townhead Colliery, Lanark, a brusher was drilling a hole where a short cross measure drift had touched the bottom of a seam when he ignited gas with his naked light. He was not severely burned, but he died from complications following his injuries.  Until a month before this accident, when a miner had his arm scorched by lighting a small quantity of gas, there was no record of gas ever having been seen in this mine, which has been working for many years.