OLDBURY. Oldbury, Staffordshire. February, 1837.

Five were killed and five others dreadfully burnt in an explosion caused by the unscrewing of a Robert’s safety lamp.

 

REFERENCES
Annals of Coal Mining. Galloway. Vol.2, p.91.
Mining Journal. No.12. p.118

Information supplied by Ian Winstanley and the Coal Mining History Resource Centre..

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