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APPENDIX III.
TABLE OF SAFETY LAMPS IN USE IN THE LOW MAIN SEAM AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION
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Name of Owner | No. of lamp |
Condition of Lamp | Behaviour in Test | Remarks | ||
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| 1 | E. Ashman | 333 | Very dirty and oily. Undamaged | Extinguished in | 5 | seconds | |
| 2 | R. Cowen | 12 | Oily and dusty. Undamaged | " | 5 | " | |
| 3 | T. McNally | 68 | Clean. Undamaged | " | 4 | " | |
| 4 | A. Wood | 55 | Oily and dusty. Undamaged | " | 5 | " | |
| 5 | W. E. Glendinning | 47 | Oily. Not dusty. Undamaged | " | 4 | " | |
| 6 | J. W. S. Wake | 69 | Very oily, but clear of dust. Undamaged | " | 4 | " | |
| 7 | C. T. Applegarth | 58 | Clean. Undamaged | " | 4 | " | |
| 8 | J. Dixon | 53 | Oily and dusty. Undamaged | " | 5 | " | |
| 9 | W. H. Rollin | 3 | — | — | Not found * | ||
| 10 | J. A. Madden | 295 | Glass gone. Poles bent. Oily | Not tested | |||
| 11 | J. T. Clarke | 256 | Sent out of pit and cleaned by mistake. Undamaged | Extinguished in | 4 | seconds | |
| 12 | C. Chivers | 35 | Oily and dusty. Undamaged | " | 5 | " | |
| 13 | H. Oswald | 36 | Bottom and bonnet bulged. Dirty and very oily. | " | 5 | " | |
| 14 | T. S. Errington | 82 | Oily. Not dusty. Undamaged | " | 5 | " | |
| 15 | J. Yeadsley | 331 | Dirty not oily. Undamaged | " | 6 | " | |
| Spare lamps. | |||||||
| 1 | Ashman | 374 | Glass gone, bonnet bulged and poles pulled away. Dirty and oily. | Not tested | |||
| 13 | Oswald | 37 | Glass gone, bonnet and poles pulled away from bottom. | " | |||
| 15 | Yeadsley | 332 | Very dirty and undamaged | Extinguished in | 6 | seconds | |
| All the lamps were of the same type. Bonnetted Clanny with single gauze and cap. Flat wick. Locked by lead plug. Burning a safety lamp oil consisting of a mixture of colza and paraffin. | |||||||
| * Rollin's lamp was found some weeks after the explosion within a few feet of where his body lay. It was covered with debris and dust but was not damaged. | |||||||
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