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- Watson
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| Died: | 20th Jul 1857 |
| Accident: | 20th Jul 1857 |
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| Colliery: | Brinkburn |
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| Notes: | killed by chokedamp |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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Brinkburn ; one of the managing overmen killed by chokedamp, as follows.
A new shaft, 36 fathoms, had been sunk upon the old waste, which every one knew was unventilated, and filled with chokedamp; the shaft was small and inadequately bratticed, so that the air could not carry away the chokedamp; but the state of matters was well known to Watson, who was cautioned not to venture alone ; notwithstanding all this and the arrangement that a communication was to be kept up by a person stationed at the top of the shaft by calling, this person discovered that his light was extinguished, and that he did not respond to the call ; the people above took the alarm and went down, but they could not endure the carbonic acid gas. Tubs of water were then thrown down to dissipate it, but which consumed time, so that when they reached him he was quite dead. He, too, was an experienced man, but very reckless and self-opinionated.
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- 1857 Mines Inspectors Report
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