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Date:	24th October 1883
Colliery:	Dipton
Company:	John Bowes and Partners
Cause:	Suffocation by fumes from gun powder
Lives Lost:	1
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No. 53 in the list occurred in a stone drift. A shot had been fired which had disarranged the ventilation by blowing down a temporary door. This had not been observed by the workmen, and, without careful examination as to ventilation, a second shot was made ready and fired. On the men returning, the fumes from the exploded shot, the ventilation as above stated not having been restored, overcame one of them, and before he could be removed he expired. Compressed powder was being used.

Source:

1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 173 Where to find this report

	Graham, Joseph, aged 41, Stoneman, suffocation by fumes from gun powder
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