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Surname
STEWART
Forename
Allan (Injured)
Day
29
Month
05
Year
1921
Age
Occupation
Surveyor
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchincruive, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Prestwick
County
Ayrshire
Details of Event
29 May 1921: Explosion At An Ayrshire pit. - Mine Manager and Surveyor Injured - James Brown, under-manager, and Allan Stewart, mine surveyor, both residing in Prestwick, have been admitted to Ayr County Hospital suffering from burns as a result of an explosion which took place in No.2 Colliery, Mossblown. The men had gone down the shaft for the purpose of examining an obstruction that had been reported, and when they had been lowered to the bottom the explosion took place. One of the men managed back into the cage, while the other clambered on to the roof, and they succeeded in acquainting the winding engineman of their predicament, and were brought to the top. Both were badly burned about the face, hands, and arms. There had been a slight fall in the pit, and it is thought that this may have dislodged a pocket of gas. [Scotsman 30 May 1921]