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Surname
WALKER
Forename
Alexander
Day
03
Month
11
Year
1922
Age
30
Occupation
Brusher
Mine/Quarry Name
East Roughrigg
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
R. Forrester & Co. Ltd
Location
Avonbridge
County
Stirlingshire
Details of Event
Miscellaneous Underground – By Explosives – The fireman had just left him with a detonator attached to a fuse and he was preparing a shot. By some means he caused his whole tin, 5 lbs. of gelignite, to detonate and he was instantly killed. It had been noted by the fireman that some of the cartridges in the canister were frozen and he may have been either making a hole in one or forcing a detonator in. Naked lights were used, and it is also possible he was thawing the explosives in his canister by the naked light lamp.