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Brayton Domain Colliery

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents

A hewer pushed a cartridge of compressed gunpowder into a shot hole, and, on giving the copper pricker a sharp tap, the charge exploded. Off work 64 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.

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