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Surname
ANDERSON
Forename
Thomas
Day
27
Month
10
Year
1925
Age
Occupation
Mine/Quarry Name
Farme
Mineral Worked
Coal
Owner
Farme Coal Co. (1915) Ltd
Location
Rutherglen
County
Lanarkshire
Details of Event
Information from the Inspectors of Mines - 1925: Explosion At Farme Colliery, Lanark, an electric coal cutter was the cause of an explosion by which four men were injured. After the accident it was discovered that an oil drain-plug was missing from the machine, leaving an aperture through which flame could be communicated from the interior to the surrounding atmosphere. There were undoubted signs of arcing in the resistances for the motor starting switch and it is surmised that a blower of gas from the floor was suddenly released, that the firedamp entered the machine and was ignited by sparking from the resistances. One of the men heard a peculiar sound just a moment or two before the explosion took place. It was probably a preliminary ignition of firedamp inside the machine, the flame of which did not get outside the casing.