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Stephen Best
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| Died: | 8th Jun 1856 |
| Accident: | 8th Jun 1856 |
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| Colliery: | Bigges Main |
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| Notes: | boiler explosion |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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On the 20th March, a boiler explosion took place at Bigges Main Colliery, whereby one person was killed. The boiler was of the Old Haystack form, and working at very low pressure with an ordinary float, but without any provision for duplicate floats or other expedient.
No certain evidence could be had as to the cause of the accident ; but a portion of the bottom had become disfigured as from undue pressure, whilst the boiler itself, from many years of wear, had become exceedingly thin, and appeared to have been exceedingly heated as from want of water.
Duplicate floats or gauge cocks were ordered to be provided, and a more decisive attendance arranged for, as no less than eight boilers were interconnected, parts of them working the winding, and the other portion allotted to the pumping engine.
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| Related Articles | |
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 14 Jun 1856 | Fatal Boiler Explosion At Heaton Colliery (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
| 14 Jun 1856 | Fatal Boiler Explosion At The Sea Colliery (Morpeth Herald) |
| 21 Jun 1856 | The Late Boiler Explosion At Heaton (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
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- 1856 Mines Inspectors Report
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