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| Date: | 22nd August 1895 |
| Colliery: | West Wylam |
| Cause: | Killed by shot |
| Lives Lost: | 2 |
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The three men were engaged in driving a stone drift, and at the time of the accident were supposed to be charging a hole with bobbin powder, when it exploded. What was actually being done at the time, or how the ignition took place, it is impossible to say, as the survivor declined to give evidence ; but there is every reason to suppose that one of the deceased, at the time, was attempting to force the cartridge into the hole. At the inquest, the jury, after consultation, returned a verdict that " the deceased died from the effects of burns, received through an explosion of powder, but that there was not sufficient evidence to show how this was brought about."
| Source: | 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines |
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Allenby, William, aged 46, Stoneman, explosion of gunpowder shot when charging a hole in a stone drift; a third man was injured | |
Jackson, William, aged 16, Stoneman, explosion of gunpowder shot when charging a hole in a stone drift; a third man was injured | |
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