killed by fire in the Houghton Gate Pit. The pit had been laid off coal work for some time and they went down to travel the South West waste where no foulness had ever been seen. They went with candles and it seems that they had been fired on at a fall near the face of the workings. They did not return in proper time when the other wastemen went in search of them, and discovered that a fire had taken place; but from some stoppings being blown out they could not get to the face of the workings. The bodies were found next day when it appeared they had been killed on the spot they were very much burnt, although it had not been a large fire (NEIMME Ref: Bud-30-p46)