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Table Of Contents
Introductory
I.
Description Of The Colliery
General
Management
Ventilation and safety lamps
Development of the colliery
II.
The New South Locomotive Tunnel
General
Support
Shot firing and excavation of ground
III.
The Explosion
IV.
Investigations After The Explosion
V.
The Cause Of The Explosion
The source of the firedamp
The means of ignition
VI.
Recommendations
Ventilation
Shot firing apparatus and practice
VII.
Acknowledgments
Appendix —
List of Casualties
Plate I. Location plan showing New South Locomotive Tunnel
Plate II. Cutaway perspective showing inbye end of Tunnel, Plan and Section of Strata
Plate III. Plan of Firing Station in detail
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