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Surname
TONNER
Forename
John
Day
11
Month
05
Year
1908
Age
23
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Bothwell Castle, No.3 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
William Baird & Co. Ltd
Location
Blantyre
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Explosion of firedamp ignited by a defective gauze in the lamp which was inadvertently taken into the mine by the fireman after another fireman had broken the top of the gauze in the lamp-room and had placed it on a shelf. The gas is supposed to have accumulated owing to the closing of an airway by a fall. 2 killed.