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Date:	24th September 1891
Colliery:	Normanby (Ironstone)
Company:	Cargo Fleet Iron Co., Ltd.
Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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No. 15 on the list occurred at Normanby Mines, belonging to the Cargo Fleet Iron Company, Limited, on the 24th of September last, about 1.45 p.m., causing the death of William Rossington, a miner. He had drilled and charged a hole but only had two squibs, the first did not explode the shot and the second was damp and would not burn ; he then made one with some paper and greased a wood match and tried it. As soon as he put the light to it, the shot went off and killed him on the spot. The hole was properly charged and did its work, or two other men close to would either have been killed or injured. He and his mate had plenty of properly manufactured squibs with them at the commencement of the shift, but left them in the pocket of jacket which a horse afterwards pulled down and thus rendered them useless. There can be no doubt that deceased accidentally lighted the squib instead of the match. His mate tried to persuade him not to use the squib he did, thinking it was made of too much paper, without success.

Source:

1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 14 Where to find this report

	Rossington, William, aged 30, Miner, in firing a shot he accidentally lighted the squib instead of the match, when the charge exploded, killing him on the spot
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