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Surname
STIRLING
Forename
John
Day
29
Month
12
Year
1904
Age
28
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Aitken
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Fife Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Kelty
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
Deceased worked in a mine cross-cutting the metals and he bored a hole in the side to take off a small hooting. In putting in the first cartridge of gelignite with a copper stemmer it exploded. Apparently the explosive was being too hard pressed.