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Surname
WILSON
Forename
Hugh
Day
11
Month
06
Year
1914
Age
40
Occupation
Miner
Mine/Quarry Name
Newton, No.1 Pit
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
James Dunlop & Co. Ltd
Location
Cambuslang
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
He lighted a shot, and, thinking he heard it explode, returned to see the effect of it. He had mistaken the report of another shot in an adjacent place for that of his own. When he got to the face his shot exploded and killed him.