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Age:
Died:	10th Feb 1869
Accident:	10th Feb 1869
Born:
Colliery:	Woodshutts
Company:	Woodshutts Colliery Company
Occupation:
Notes:	Explosion of firedamp
Buried:	[not known]
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Explosions of Firedamp.

Only three explosions of firedamp have occurred during the year, but each of these was brought about by sheer carelessness on the part of the men employed in the mine. In the case of No. 4, at Woodshutts Colliery, the men were pushing forward parallel brows up an incline of about 1 in 4, and all were ordered to work with lamps, but on the morning of the explosion a driver-boy saw one of the deceased men conceal about his person two or three candles, and one that had been lighted was afterwards found in his working place. Although, in my opinion, it was not there that the gas was ignited, the fact clearly shows that lax discipline will sooner or later lead to disastrous consequences. This colliery was at that time under the management of Mr. J. T. Woodhouse, one of the most able viewers in England; and what further is necessary to prove the fallacy of expecting periodical inspections to furnish a panacea for all the evils of colliery working, unless such inspection is supplemented by constant attention on the part of the resident underlooker ?

Pub. Date	Article (Newspaper)
10 Feb 1869	Colliery Explosion in Staffordshire (Annual Register for 1869)

• 1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), North Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire District by Thomas Wynne, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 65 Where to find this report
• 1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), North Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire District by Thomas Wynne, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 68, Accident Number: 4 Where to find this report

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