Full Details
- Surname
- WRIGHT
- Forename
- George
- Day
- 11
- Month
- 01
- Year
- 1901
- Age
- 30
- Occupation
- Miner
- Mine/Quarry Name
- Shields
- Mineral Worked
- Coal
- Owner
- Glasgow Iron & Steel Co. Ltd
- Location
- Motherwell
- County
- Lanarkshire
- Details of Event
- While forcing 1.5lbs of compressed gunpowder into a shot hole drilled in sandstone apparently by means of a steel jumper the charge exploded.
