Full Details

Surname

WILSON

Forename

Samuel

Day

29

Month

10

Year

1913

Age

32

Occupation

Fireman

Mine/Quarry Name

Auchenbegg

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Waddell & Son

Location

Coalburn

County

Lanarkshire

Details of Event

Deceased was illegally distributing detonators to the misers at the pit bottom in the Six Feet seam. He started with a box containing 100 detonators, and when the accident occurred there was one man who had not received them. It is probable 20 detonators remained in the box, when, by some means, probably a spark from his naked light which he had on his cap, they exploded and very seriously injured him. He died the following day. Four officials and a miner who were close by when the explosion occurred were slightly injured.