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William Robson
| Age: | 42 |
| Died: | 31st Oct 1911 |
| Accident: | 31st Oct 1911 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1869 |
| Colliery: | Felling |
| Company: | John Bowes and Partners Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Chargeman |
| Notes: | suffocated by natural gases whilst exploring with Draeger apparatus |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | Miscellaneous Underground Accidents :: Suffocation by natutal gases |
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Two persons lost their lives in old workings at Felling colliery while using breathing apparatus. The old workings were unventilated, and as Mr. Palmer, the Manager, had several sets of the Draeger apparatus at the mine and men trained in their use, he thought it would be a good opportunity of practising some of the trained men under actual mining Conditions, and at the same time afford some information as to the state of the old workings which were about to be holed into from the existing workings.
Some work had been done before the day of the accident with the apparatus, and or the day of the accident the two deceased men, accompanied by Mr. Booth, the Surveyor of the Colliery, were in the unventilated workings and were on the point of leaving at the end of a two hours' shift when the accident happened.
Mr. Padbury, the local agent for the Draeger apparatus, had on a mouthpiece of his own contriving, the other two persons had on the ordinary helmet.
Robson collapsed, and he was attended to and his helmet removed by Mr. Padbury, and Mr. Booth stated they used the pipe from his oxygen supply to attempt to revive him, and that there was a supply of oxygen left in the receptacle then in use, and it was afterwards found that there was ½ hour's supply of oxygen in the other receptacle which, however, was not in use. Robson not recovering, Mr. Padbury left to go for help, but had not proceeded more than a few yards when he either collapsed or slipped, and fell and displaced the mouthpiece be wore. Mr. Booth finding he could do nothing went to the shaft and got help. The bodies were not recovered, with the assistance of members of the Elswick Rescue Brigade, until some hours had elapsed, as although Mr. Booth returned shortly with another man they found they could not remove them.
The apparatus appeared to be in good order and the oxygen supply was nearly pure.
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 03 Nov 1911 | Heroic Attempt at Rescue In A Mine (The Times) |
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- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237) Where to find this report
- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 28, Accident Number: 8 Where to find this report
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Joyce Hunter | 17 Jul 2015 |
this was my g grand father William Robson Believe he is buried in St Mary Heworth regards Joyce HUNTER NEE fRENCH |
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| Christina Constantine | 26 Feb 2021 |
I think that William Robson was my great uncle. His sister, Edith was my grandmother, via her son Gordon Constantine. Any help in the Robson tree would be greatly appreciated. How many are there in Durham???? :) I have only just begun and it's overwhelming trying to tie them all together. I look forward to hearing from anyone, Kind regards Christina |
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