Part of the summary from the official Inquiry Report for “Blantyre Colliery Explosion” of 1877. Transcribed by myself word for word for the first time appearing online, this particular detailed section summarises the causes. I hope there are those people out there interested enough in this level of detail: CAUSES, SUMRMISED “Having apparently gas likely […]
Part of the summary from the official Inquiry Report for “Blantyre Colliery Explosion” of 1877. Transcribed by myself word for word for the first time appearing online, this particular detailed section of the findings, summarises the explosion itself. A warning, this entry contains some descriptions of what the rescue parties found. THE EXPLOSION “The explosion […]
Part of the summary from the official Inquiry Report for “Blantyre Colliery Explosion” of 1877. Transcribed by myself word for word for the first time appearing online, this particular detailed section, summarises the firedamp and conditions leading to the explosion. THE FIREDAMP “Firedamp, or inflammable gas, was ordinarily given off in the working parts of […]
Part of the summary from the official Inquiry Report for “Blantyre Colliery Explosion” of 1877. Transcribed by myself word for word for the first time appearing online, this particular section, summarises the lighting and blasting activities. LIGHTING AND BLASTING “Open oil lamps were ordinarily used in working. Safety lamps in exceptional instances were used in […]
Part of the summary from the official Inquiry Report for “Blantyre Colliery Explosion” of 1877. Transcribed by myself word for word for the first time appearing online, this particular section, can be rather technical at times, but deservedly so, as it dealt with the important matter of ventilating the colliery. The information is in good […]
Part of the introductions from the Inquiry Report for “Blantyre Colliery Explosion” of 1877. THE COLLIERY AND THE CHIEF STAFF “The colliery is called the Blantyre Colliery, and is situated at High Blantyre, in the Parish of Blantyre, Lanarkshire. The owners are Messrs. William Dixon (Ltd), Mr. J Mann Thomson being the managing Director of […]
The opening pages and exploring conclusions from the official Blantyre Pit Explosion Inquiry Report from 21st December 1877. Transcribed by myself here word for word for the first time, the ‘Report on the Blantyre Colliery Explosion’ was by Robert MacLean Esq of Edinburgh (Advocate) and Joseph Dickinson Esq of South Bank Pendleton (Manchester), one of […]