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John Riley
| Age: | 19 |
| Died: | 4th Jun 1858 |
| Accident: | 25th May 1858 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1839 |
| Colliery: | Atherton |
| Company: | John Fletcher and others |
| Occupation: | Collier |
| Notes: | Explosion of fire-damp in the How Bridge pit, died 4th June |
| Buried: | Atherton Cemetery on 07 Jun 1858 |
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In the explosion of fire-damp in the How Bridge pit at the Atherton collieries on the 25th of May, about 3,000 cubic feet of fire-damp (enough to occasion a great explosion), which might readily have been removed by bratticing, was allowed by one of the firemen for about a week to remain accumulated without being reported as the rules required. The person who lost his life was making a cut through into the place improperly with an open light. Having pricked a small hole through, he went away to get dinner, and returned, without informing the firemen as he ought to have done, when some of the gas having oozed through against the air, it fired at his open light. The fireman, who did not report, was summoned by the owners for his neglect.
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- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report, North and East Lancashire District, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 35, Accident Number: 24
- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report, North and East Lancashire District, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 40
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