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John Williams
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| Died: | 17th Mar 1856 |
| Accident: | 17th Mar 1856 |
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| Colliery: | Werfa |
| Company: | John Nixon and Co. |
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| Notes: | Explosion of firedamp |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 14 was an explosion of gas at the Werfa Colliery, the property of Messrs. Nixon and Co. An accumulation of gas had been allowed to remain for some days before the accident in a stall near to where men worked with naked lights. The deceased men went to work in this stall, and in removing the gas by means of "brushing" it with their clothes, it came in contact with a naked light, and killed two men.
The fireman, on going his rounds in the morning, and discovering the presence of gas, should have reported it to the manager, and proper means taken to remove it by bratticing, instead of allowing the dangerous system of "brushing," which has resulted in the loss of many valuable lives.
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- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 134, Accident Number: 14
- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report, by Thomas Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 140
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