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Surname
WEIR
Forename
Donald Cameron
Day
18
Month
09
Year
1959
Age
30
Occupation
Roadsman
Mine/Quarry Name
Auchengeich, No.2 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
National Coal Board
Location
Chryston
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
A fire began in a fan and was spread down-wind of it to mine timbers. Forty-eight men riding through the return airway were overtaken by smoke containing carbon monoxide and forty-seven of these men were asphyxiated.