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Edward Down
| Age: | 38 |
| Died: | 26th Aug 1892 |
| Accident: | 26th Aug 1892 8.30 a.m., 2nd hour of shift |
| Year Born: | abt. 1854 |
| Colliery: | Park Slip |
| Company: | North's Navigation Collieries (1889) Ltd. |
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| Notes: | By an explosion of fire-damp ; Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Memorial: 1892 Park Slip Colliery Disaster
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Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
| 02 Sep 1892 | Awful Colliery Disaster In South Wales, Great Loss Of Life, The Rescue Work (The Cambrian) |
| 05 Oct 1892 | The Welsh Colliery Disaster (Sunderland Daily Echo) |
| 05 Oct 1892 | The Disastrous Mine Accident, Adjourned Inquest (Northern Daily Mail) |
- 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), South Wales District (No. 13) by Joseph T. Robson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 36, Accident Number: 133 Where to find this report
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