Liverton (Ironstone)

Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents

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Stone from a powder shot slightly cut a shot-firer's left side.

Source: 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

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A shifter's ears and hair were slightly singed by an explosion of a small quantity of gas at a naked light.

Source: 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

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A stone from a powder shot fired in face of a place hit the side and rebounded round the corner into another place and hit a shotfirer on the head, cutting it severely.

Source: 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.