Full Details

Surname

ZIDRAUSKAS

Forename

Nikademas

Day

09

Month

12

Year

1922

Age

33

Occupation

Miner

Mine/Quarry Name

Hattonrigg

Mineral Worked

Coal

Owner

Summerlee Iron Co. Ltd

Location

Bellshill

County

Lanarkshire

Details of Event

Explosions of Firedamp – Deceased had gone with his naked light through a fence into a road, which had been disused for three months, and exploded some gas which had collected probably from the stopping and starting of an auxiliary fan. He was badly burned and died three days later. Gas was unknown in the District previously and was not found by the fireman shortly after the accident. [Spelling Nicodemus Zidrauckas]