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Date:	10th December 1925
Colliery:	Marley Hill
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Cause:	(See description below)
Lives Lost:	1
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A stoneman was fatally injured at Marley Hill Colliery, Durham. Deceased was preparing a charge for a wet hole by placing 24 oz. of compressed powder in a waterproof tubing. While assembling the charge he observed a hole in the tubing. In extracting the cartridges from the tubing, contact was made with the flame of a candle. The cartridges ignited and in turn ignited 1½ lb. of compressed powder and 1 lb. of gelignite in an open canister close by. Deceased was badly burned and died four days later from shock following the injuries. The hole for which the charge was intended had not been drilled. Deceased contravened the Regulations by having his open light within 4 ft. of the explosive when handling it and by removing the explosive from the canister before it was "about to be used."

Source:

1925 Mines Inspectors Report

	Nunn, Joseph F. (died: 14 Dec 1925) , aged 31, Stoneman, explosion, he was preparing a powder shot when apparently he knocked his candle off a prop onto the powder
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