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William Bonnar
| Age: | 24 |
| Died: | 5th Dec 1858 |
| Accident: | 5th Dec 1858 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1834 |
| Colliery: | Garscube |
| Company: | James Barclay and Co. |
| Occupation: | Collier |
| Notes: | Explosion of firedamp |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 32. — Explosion of firedamp.
The pit had only been sunk a few weeks previous to the accident. The seam around the pit bottom was considerably deranged with dislocations, and exploring roads had been extended a few fathoms from it.
Deceased and a fellow workman were engaged in sinking a blind pit. It would appear they had prepared to blast in it, and after igniting the match had retired into one of the exploring roads. It was known that a small quantity of firedamp did collect in one of these roads, and as the place was abandoned at the time, they were provided with a safety lamp for the purpose of making an examination ; or in case of retiring from a shot, as in the present case, so that they might do so with safety.
The Davy lamp was found entire after the explosion, and near to where it took place, showing that the poor fellows had not neglected to take it with them for the purpose of examining the place, but that they had proceeded beyond the line of safety before doing so. They were both slightly burned, and one of them died from the effects of it.
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- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 123
- 1858 Mines Inspectors Report, by William Alexander, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 126, Accident Number: 32
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