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George Evans
| Age: | 60 |
| Died: | 15th Oct 1858 |
| Accident: | 13th Oct 1858 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1798 |
| Colliery: | Bedford |
| Company: | S. Jackson and Co. |
| Occupation: | Collier |
| Notes: | Explosion of fire-damp, died 15th |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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In the explosion of fire-damp in the upper four-feet workings at the Bedford Colliery on the 13th of October, the sufferer, as in the explosion previously described, was not prohibited using an open light whilst cutting into an inaccessible old working. Having pricked through, he continued working instead of informing the underlooker or the fireman, as he ought to have done, and there being a little fire-damp he was burned.
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- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report, North and East Lancashire District, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 36, Accident Number: 46
- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report, North and East Lancashire District, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 41
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