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William Carter
| Age: | 30 |
| Died: | 10th Dec 1868 |
| Accident: | 27th Nov 1868 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1838 |
| Colliery: | Clandown |
| Company: | Clandown Coal Company |
| Occupation: | Collier |
| Notes: | Gunpowder explosion, by which they were so severely injured that W. Carter died on the 10th of December and D. Millard on the 14th. They were not justified in using the powder in coal ; it was supplied to them to blast top with |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Gunpowder, I regret to say, has caused the death of four persons out of the eleven of the "miscellaneous accidents." The third and last of these cases is No. 55, and is indeed a very painful instance of the improper use of gunpowder. Two men worked in a thin seam of coal, and powder was supplied to them to blast the hard top with to make room for the tubs, but they were especially ordered on no account whatever to waste it in coal ; notwithstanding this they did put a shot hole in the seam, but they managed the job so unskilfully that the whole can of powder, two or three pounds in weight, ignited and burned them so dreadfully that they died some days after the accident. If men will kill themselves by disobedience to rules and orders, it is hard on owners, managers, and inspectors.
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- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South Western District by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 76
- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South Western District by Lionel Brough, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 88, Accident Number: 55
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