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Surname
STEVENSON
Forename
John
Day
06
Month
10
Year
1911
Age
35
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
Bent
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Bent Colliery Co. Ltd
Location
Hamilton
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He bored a hole for a shot in the brushing and left the place to have some food. During his absence the shotfirer came into the place, and after charging the hole with four cartridges of Arkite, about 14 lbs., he lit the fuse and passed along the face. In the place below two shots were charged, and the fuse also lit, prior deceased's hole being charged. Deceased was unaware that two shots had been lit in the place below, and when the two shots exploded he thought his was one of them and proceeded to the face; when 35 feet away his shot went off, and he was struck on the head with some flying debris.