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Richard Fryer
| Age: | 27 |
| Died: | 25th Oct 1889 |
| Accident: | 25th Oct 1889 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1862 |
| Colliery: | Ashmore Park |
| Company: | Ashmore Park Colliery Co. |
| Occupation: | Stallman |
| Notes: | Explosion of firedamp |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Explosions of Fire-damp.
At the Ashmore Park Colliery, on the 25th October, two men were driving an exploring headway in the deep coal seam. One had gone out of the place leaving the other to fire a shot, who having done so, also retired. In about 20 minutes the first re-entered the place and finding some fire-damp which had accumulated at a small fault after the firing of the shot he began to brush it out (remove it) with his waistcoat, which he pulled off for the purpose. A candle was placed for the use of the loaders some 8 yards away upon the side of the road, and as the current of air flowed in that direction it, of course, carried the dislodged gas to it, where it exploded, and tailing back to the man who had dislodged it, burnt him so severely that he died. Now, as the manager had ordered these heads to be driven with safety lamps only, and as the current of ventilation was forced into them through air pipes and returned down each headway, it is obvious that in accordance with the last paragraph of the 8th General Rule of the Act safety lamps alone should have been used down the wind all the way to the return (in this case to the upcast, shaft), and then this life would not have been lost. The deceased man himself, of course, did an unlawful act in removing inflammable gas in any such way. During the investigation of this case the discipline of the mine was found to be lax in various particulars, which being reported to you, you gave directions that proceedings should be taken against the manager. The result of the prosecution is detailed under that head.
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- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), South Staffordshire District (No. 11) by W. Beatie Scott, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 12 Where to find this report
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), South Staffordshire District (No. 11) by W. Beatie Scott, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 20, Accident Number: 30 Where to find this report
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