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Surname
SNEDDON
Forename
Richard
Day
11
Month
01
Year
1901
Age
32
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Limefield
Mineral Worked
Oil Shale
Owner
Young's Paraffin Light & Mineral Oil Co. Ltd
Location
West Calder
County
Edinburghshire
Details of Event
Deceased worked in an upset rising 1 in 2 and in the usual way bored and charged holes for shots at the face four ‘yankee’ or holing shots were placed at different parts and over these were two ‘braider’ shots. When everything was ready deceased began to ignite the fuse of each shot and apparently he had trouble in getting the fuse of one of the braiders to ignite which caused delay and one of the shots exploded and he was thrown to the bottom of the upset a distance of 40 feet and before help could reach him the remainder of the shots, except one, exploded. The fuse of the unexploded shot showed signs of a light having been applied to it.