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Surname
WEIR
Forename
Robert
Day
22
Month
02
Year
1900
Age
33
Occupation
Manager
Mine/Quarry Name
Glespin
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Robert Swann
Location
Glespin
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Deceased, with his oversman and fireman, went to survey a part of the workings in the Four-Feet coal seam, all of them carrying open lights, when gas was ignited by one or other of deceased's or fireman's light, resulting in an explosion. Gas had not been seen in the section, but three years before it was found in a section opposite. The section was part of a "ventilating district," and in terms of section 5 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1896, should have been inspected daily, but apparently this had not been done. In close proximity to the place of accident was a large fault. From Main body of report: At Glespin Colliery, where fire-damp is hardly ever seen, the manager and other officials were surveying some abandoned workings, when they encountered some gas. It would have been prudent in this case to have made an examination with a safety lamp before commencing the survey.