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Surname
ROUBLE
Forename
Charles
Day
01
Month
11
Year
1901
Age
32
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Tarbrax
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Caledonian Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
Location
Tarbrax
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased who was a Pole worked with a fellow countryman in an upset near the face of a level. They had charged seven ‘yankee’ or holing shots situated at intervals across the working face. Each man lighted three shots and retired to the level and on hearing the six explosions deceased returned to the face of the upset to light the seventh shot. He appeared to have been close to it when it exploded causing injuries which resulted fatally on the same night. The shot which was said to have caused the accident was close to one side of the upset and 2 feet from the adjacent shot. They were charged with gunpowder and fired by means of gutta-mercha covered fuse.