EXPLOSION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 22 January 1926, Page 5

EXPLOSION

AT A WELLINGTON FOUNDRY MUCH DAMAGE DONE PANIC AT OPF.P.A HOUSF. NARROWLY AN FT: I'FD (United I'renn Asuociatioti.) \\ KI.IJM.'Io'N. ''his Day. A deva: iating explosion "coin red in the blacksmith's shop of J. J N'hen and Company ~ foundry. Wakefield street, last nigh! ■> . H...'■<>. F\'a'.l detail > of cause «.!' 111, -.-.".plosion in- ii'! av.i.i able, but the iheoi v is tba. ih ■ g'vat li.ai vesl.cnhr, ca'r.-ed an explosion ol oxvgi n. v. mm h ie-i>:> ii.lv found out *<> ue weak soot in lln i'ou«.tt ■'•• ti "' •>'■ ilie cylinder, which .tv way under the i n men-ions s' i a n. After the e,| lomoii Ih • bi. : :d!:-g h.'i i le- !ip|:earancc of ha\ big u-cn imdi r heavy shell (ire. ano portions of the - I met lire were --non a bin:'.'*; bnl Ii e lire was speedily suppres-. "I l.y ihe brigade who w.--e ipli-'i.'.V I'll I In- spot. Considerable d-image \» as done o the inach'tiery in t'he cmri-i' ; i i.i.s d•]ai liiient. The Opera lb,use close I y was ciov.ded at ihe I ime. and a panic \v::s iiarr«iwl\ averted; hut ihe pivsoi-c of mimi of Miss Dorothy Lena kepi Uie audinciuv in hand. EXPLOSION IN COLLIERY TWENTY MF.N I.N JI RED CB\ Electric Telegraph—Copyright, (Australia.) A. N.'/.. Cablfl Asaouiation) SVI >\'L i . Jan. -I An explosion at ih ' Rcl'i-nd c.-llieiy near Rei'muiii, Lake \la '.plane, in Ihe Newcastle district.' iMJur.'i! 'J'l nun. Ii is rnm-nired i iia. :\\ < n-eii w ere eiitombed. Most of ihe injured we" - ! a 1iy burned. There are no details mfx ( u'oht uxa wares oxf Killed and f.lkvfx INJURED SYDNEY, This Day. Later details of Ihe Redhead ex plosion suite thai one man was killed and eleven injured. The explosion occurred about a mile from ihe surface in a tunnel line, and caught the men unawares. Ii was followed by a lire, which was soon extinguished, but not before the miners were badly burned. One of (he survivors described their experiences when the explosion occurred as being thrown about like corks. He believed thai the explosion followed a fall of coal. The lirsl indication ai the pithead of the disaster was a telephone message "conic down quickly! There has been an unusual burst of air!" By the time assistance from the surface came tile seat of the explosion was located and rescuers were getting to work. They U-\i\n\ William Kiley killed and eleven other badly injured. All were KiitVering from bums. Riley was found king in one of Ihe old workings some distance from the oilier men. A rumour that Iwo men are entombed is not confirmed. Details are very meagre. When the news of the explosion was conveyed to (he mine ollice. Mine Manager Falun's, plucki'ly descended the mine |n search for the injured.

A NAKED LIGHT Si DNEY. This Day The explosion at the Redhead colliery is attributed to a naked light coming in (.intact with a pocket of gas. When th" flare occurred there was no loud report. None of the injured suffered concussion. The colliery was always regarded as a sale mine, naked lights being used freely. This is the first accident; of the kind in this colliery, which has been operating for 40 years. None of those injured is in a critical condition, though Ihe injuries of t wo are. serious .