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Surname
BRYDEN
Forename
William
Day
13
Month
12
Year
1909
Age
61
Occupation
Manager
Mine/Quarry Name
Brora
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
John Melville
Location
Brora
County
Sutherlandshire
Details of Event
Died on January 10th from injuries received by an explosion of gas when making the statutory examination, under General Rule 4 of the Coal Mines Act, 1887, with a naked light, on the date named. His vest, which had a calico back, was greasy from contact with the oily parts of a pump, caught fire and he was burned about the small of his back. Gas had been seen in the same place about a fortnight before and in using a naked light the deceased contravened General Rule 4 (1). The explosion occurred in a heading which was ventilated by means of a brattice this brattice was not properly hung and there were, in consequence, places where it did not touch the roof and thus allowed the ventilating current to escape before reaching the face. It is probable that if the ventilation had been carried up to the face the gas would not have accumulated.