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John Maddison
| Age: | 39 |
| Died: | 18th May 1881 |
| Accident: | 19th May 1881 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1842 |
| Colliery: | Bollihope (Metalliferous) |
| Company: | London Lead Co. |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Notes: | explosion of a charge of dynamite, he went back before a second shot had exploded (separate holes) |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 2 on list occurred at the Bollyhope Mine, where John Maddison and three other men were working together. They charged two holes with dynamite, about two fathoms apart, and having lighted two short pieces of candles, placed at the ends of the fuses, they retired to await the explosion. One of the shots was heard to go off, and Maddison said it must have blown the other candle out, and although warned by one of the other miners not to do so, he went back, and the second shot exploded just as he got to it, and injured him so, that he died the next day.
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- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241) Where to find this report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 483, Accident Number: 2 Where to find this report
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