Burradon Colliery

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents

Some boys obtained possession of some detonators out of a deputy's chest, and amused themselves by placing the detonators on the rails and exploding them by running tubs over them. One of the boys was off work 59 days.

Source: 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.