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Appendix II.
Report On Examination At The Mines Department Experimental Station Of Two Flame Safety Lamps Recovered From The Workings Of The Haig Pit. Whitehaven, After The Explosion Of 5th September, 1922.
I have received two flame lamps that were recovered from the workings of the Haig Pit, Whitehaven, after the explosion of September 5th, 1922. One lamp bore no label and the other was labelled "Deputy's Lamp (Weightman). Found close to body 5.9.22."
The bonnet of the unlabelled lamp had been crushed and it was without a glass ; the pillars and air-tubes were bent. The oil-vessel was locked with a lead-rivet. This lamp bore no makers' name or distinguishing mark, but was of the Patterson E.1 type. The damage to it had presumably been caused by a fall ; there were indications — the straightening out of the carrying hook — that it had been hanging at the time of the explosion and had been dragged or blown violently away from its support.
The lamp labelled "Deputy's lamp," bore no makers' name or number, but was of the Patterson E.1 type. It had been unlocked when received by me, the lead rivet being missing. Though covered with soot and coal dust the lamp was in a good and safe condition.
R. V. Wheeler
Mines Department Experimental Station.
Eskmeals, Cumberland.
27th September, 1922.
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