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| Date: | 8th December 1893 |
| Colliery: | Wooley |
| Cause: | Explosion |
| Lives Lost: | 1 |
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The two fatal cases also occurred in the western part of the district at collieries where gas has never been known to exist. … The second case, which is No. 59 on the list, occurred about 10.15 o'clock a.m., on the 8th of December last, at the Wooley Colliery, near Tow Law, both in the county of Durham, causing the death of Hilton Humes, also a coal hewer
Between 2 and 4 o'clock a.m. the place where this accident occurred was examined, by the competent person appointed under the general and special rules, for the purpose, before the commencement of the shift, and was reported to be in a safe condition, and free from noxious or inflammable gas.
The man who should have worked in the place that shift did not come, and, consequently, no one was in it.
The place was examined at 8.30 a.m., again by the same person, to prepare for the second shift, and was, as before, found to be in a safe working condition.
At 9.30 the second shift of men went down the pit, and after being met by the deputy were sent to their respective places. As soon as deceased got into his some gas lit up at his candle, and so severely burnt him that he died three days afterwards.
This seam has, since its commencement, been worked with candles, but safety lamps will now be substituted.
The ventilation at the time of the explosion was in its normal condition, and there were no dislocations of the strata near the place. There were, however, some rolls, or horse backs, in its vicinity, and at the time of the explosion the barometer was very low; these are the only causes I can suggest for the presence of inflammable gas.
| Source: | 1893 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7339) |
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Humes, Hilton, aged 29, Hewer, Burnt by gas in a siding over place. Died on the 11th inst. | |
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