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Surname
SCOTT
Forename
William
Day
23
Month
01
Year
1902
Age
28
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Belhaven
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
United Collieries Ltd
Location
Wishaw
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased was preparing a charge of compressed powder for a brushing shot while his neighbour was collecting and removing the boring tools. The latter was alleged to have raised his head into a small cavity close to face of brushing and to have ignited a small quantity of firedamp the explosion of which ignited 4lbs. of compressed powder and nineteen cartridges of gelignite contained in the cartridge box with which deceased was working as the time. His cap with an ordinary miner's lamp hooked to it was afterwards found close to where he had been sitting. He sustained injuries to which he succumbed five days latter.