 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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struggle and strife; It was the harshest of all industries, with Welsh miners only expected to live until the age of 40 at one time. In an extract from a new book on our coal industry, Ronald Rees charts the dangerous circumstances under which our men, children and often women worked.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 3/22/2008; 3605 words
; ... chokedamp). 8) Suffocation or burning by firedamp. 9) Drowning from sudden break-ins of ... almost beneath notice. Chokedamp and firedamp, on the other hand, which were more likely ... of light, the lamp also detected both firedamp and chokedamp. Herbert Francis Mack worth ...
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 "Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)")
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Disaster unfold.(News)
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England); 3/31/2005; 129 words
; ... seven tubs worth of coal down at the pit face. The smell of firedamp, a mix of explosive gases found underground, was a sign that ... 1926 suggested half of the 38 victims were suffocated by the firedamp gas. It cleared the pit company William Benson and Son Ltd ...
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Now and Then
The Scotsman; 10/22/2003; 408 words
; 22 October 1721: Peter the Great took title of Tsar of All Russia. 1877: Firedamp explosion at Blantyre Colliery, Lanarkshire, killed 207 miners. 1910: Dr Hawley Crippen convicted at Old Bailey of poisoning his ...
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One Day a Woman.(Poem)
Prairie Schooner; 3/22/2001; Mansfield, Alison; 121 words
; ... something secret, Maybe in your language. We will fix her here, In position: She. We will say that in her body Is an odd waft, firedamp. It is a type of panic, Perhaps of the wrists. Specifically, there are trains. I think one day this woman should Become something ...
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 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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In pictures - the heritage of the mines.(Features)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 9/11/2001; 504 words
; ... particular method of photography was necessary for one vital reason: Firedamp. The use of any flashguns in the coal shafts and pit bottoms was forbidden because of firedamp. The result is a stunning book, one which gives as good an insight as ...
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RETRO REPORT-JUNE, 1960:45 Welsh miners die in blast.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 6/28/2005; 280 words
; ... since Gresford, 26 years ago. Early today, rescue teams were still bringing bodies to the surface. Methane gas - the deadly firedamp of the mines - impeded rescue operations. But gas was not the chief danger - just the 'awful devastation,' said one rescuer ...
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British Officials Charge Mining Firm with Breaches of Contract.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 11/15/1999; Daily Mail, London; 113 words
; Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 16 -- RJB Mining has a new headache. The ... 1997-98, to drive battery-powered locomotives when firedamp (a flammable gas mixture) was excessive. The ... Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News.
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Above all, do no harm
Natural History; 10/1/1998; Gould, Stephen Jay; 4893 words
; ... some early work with his fathere on firedamp (methane) in mines: To demonstrate the effects of breathing firedamp, my father told me to stand up and recite ... all right. In this way I learnt that firedamp is lighter than air and not dangerous ...
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No hope for survivors among 57 in mine blast
Chicago Sun-Times; 6/3/1988; 396 words
; ... were the cause. They said the first blast, probably caused by firedamp, whirled up coal dust that then blew up in a second explosion. The disaster was unforeseeable because firedamp explosions are extremely rare in lignite pits, said Wulf Boettcher ...
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ISA publishes standards for electrical gear
InTech; 8/1/1998; Anonymous; 732 words
; ... targeted at equipment and apparatus parts intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres and in mines susceptible to firedamp. Prepared by Subcommittee 31 L (electrical apparatus for the detection of flammable gases) of IEC Technical Committee 31 (electrical ...
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