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| Date: | 3rd January 1860 |
| Colliery: | Lumley |
| Cause: | Explosion |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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On the 3rd of January 1860, a deputy overman lost his life by a slight explosion of fire-damp, in the second pit of Lumley Colliery.
A want of care on the part of the unfortunate sufferer himself was the immediate cause of the accident.
He appears to have gone into the place in the absence of the workmen, without properly examining it, and his naked light ignited a little gas that had accumulated.
Provision for the better ventilation of this pit was recently been made, by sinking a new pit, to be used as a separate downcast shaft.
| Source: | 1860 Mines Inspectors Report |
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Avery, Edward, Deputy, explosion of gas | |
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