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Surname
SPICER
Forename
John
Day
12
Month
12
Year
1911
Age
36
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Kenmuirhill
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Glasgow Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Shettleston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
The Virtuewell Seam is in two portions, with 7 feet of strata between them the brushing fell up to the top seam, and the deceased climbed up into the top seam, a place he had no right to be in. Some gas had accumulated after the fireman's inspection, which his naked light ignited, and he was burned on face and arms, he died on 16th December, at 6 p.m.