George Brown
| Age: | 49 |
| Died: | 2nd Aug 1884 |
| Accident: | 2nd Aug 1884 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1835 |
| Colliery: | Shildon |
| Company: | Shildon Coal Co. |
| Occupation: | Sinker |
| Notes: | fell down a rise staple about 20 fathoms while engaged in arranging air pipes |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 45 on the list occurred in the following, manner :— A staple or small pit was being driven up from the Busty to the Harvey Seam at Shildon Colliery, and when it was about 22 fathoms up, stythe or carbonic acid gas was given off from the strata. A small hand fan was in use to ventilate the staple, the air being carried up by means of a flexible pipe. At the time of the accident, George Brown, an experienced miner, and one of the contractors for making the staple, went up the ladders for the purpose of measuring what length of air-pipe was required, knowing that there was stythe at the top. The manager of the colliery was in a refuge hole in the side of the staple together with Brown's son, and he told him to be careful about the stythe. Brown went higher up the staple than where the lights would burn, which was imprudent, and he appears to have been overcome by the stythe, as he fell down the staple and was killed.
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- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 222 Where to find this report
- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 231, Accident Number: 45 Where to find this report
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