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Surname
WOOD
Forename
Thomas
Day
13
Month
04
Year
1900
Age
53
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Glencraig
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Lochgelly
County
Fifeshire
Details of Event
A place was being driven up on a level road for ventilation and a shot was prepared and fuse ignited by the miner in charge of the place just then deceased passed in the level and he went to the dip side opposite where place should come through to ascertain the thickness of coal between when the shot exploded and blew through killing him instantaneously.