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Surname
BULLOCH
Forename
Robert
Day
08
Month
01
Year
1924
Age
36
Occupation
Fireman
Mine/Quarry Name
Douglas Castle
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Wilson's & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd
Location
Douglas
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
8 January 1924: Douglas – Fatal Colliery Accident – Robert Bulloch, 36, colliery fireman, residing at the Cross, Douglas, died in Douglas Cottage Hospital on Tuesday as the result of injuries sustained through an explosion of gas the Thursday previous. It appears that on the day Bulloch had been going his usual round of inspection in a slope dook in the seven feet west section of Douglas Castle Colliery. A quantity of gas which has accumulated in this section exploded, burning him severely on both arms from the result of which injuries he died as stated. [Hamilton Advertiser January 12 1924]