Gore Stacey Morris

Salvage Corps
Age
36

Rank / Role
Salvageman

Brigade/Service
Glasgow Salvage Corps

Cause of death
Explosion of Benzoine leaking from a cask

Location died
Messrs Shaw & Co oil merchants, Glasgow

Current Fire Authority
Scottish

Further information

A lamp being used by members of the Salvage Corps after the fire ignited the flammable liquid. Exact date not confirmed. In Aberdeen Press & Journal 25th April

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