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Anthony Ritson
| Age: | 45 |
| Died: | 14th Nov 1854 |
| Accident: | 14th Nov 1854 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1809 |
| Colliery: | Cramlington |
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| Occupation: | Deputy |
| Notes: | explosion in a stone drift, residence: Shankhouse Row, Cramlington |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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The explosion at Cramlington, on the 14th November, took place in a stone drift, which produced a small quantity of inflammable air, which had lodged in a recess in the roof. The men who worked in this drift were experienced deputies, but being unexpectedly called to this work, which had been standing over the week's end, they went incautiously in without a safety lamp, and notwithstanding the smallness of the fire, both being able to get home, they died in a day or two after.
A little boy who was with them proved as they passed inbye, one of them remarked that they ought to have brought their safety lamp, which they had left at the shaft, but apprehending no danger they passed on, and came unexpectedly in contact with the gas.
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- 1854 Mines Inspectors Report
- Contributions by members of the Public
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