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Surname
SNEDDON
Forename
James
Day
04
Month
05
Year
1929
Age
51
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Clyde, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Carmyle
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
4 May 1929: Miner Dies From Burns - An explosion in the splint coal seam of No.3 pit, Clyde Colliery, Hamilton, on Saturday, resulted in two men - James Sneddon, 51, 95 Windsor Street, Burnbank, and Richard Callison, 51, colliery fireman, 23 Holyrood Street, Burnbank - being seriously burned about the face, arms and body. The exact cause of the accident has not yet been certified, but it is believed that the explosion resulted from accumulated gas becoming ignited. The men were attended underground by Dr Brownlie and were later removed to the Royal Infirmary. Both were badly burned and Sneddon died on Tuesday morning. He leaves a widow and one young daughter. [Hamilton Advertiser 4 May 1929] Information from the Mines Inspector's Report - 1929: Explosion  At Clyde Colliery, Lanark, a charge of 6 ozs. Of Polar Stomonal was fired in a close place rising 1 in 3 and just beyond a fault It is said gas had not been found, but when the shot was fired gas ignited and three men who were down on the level 80 feet from the shot were burned. One of the men died. The shot was overcharged, and there can be no doubt gas was present. Dust played no part in the explosion.