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Foggs Pit employed 50 men and boys.the workers rushed to the pit bottom after smoke filled the workings. Ten men were missing. Exploring parties were sent down but the pit was on fire and had to be blocked up. A second explosion sent flames from the shaft blowing the cage into the headgear. [66] 10 6 March 1877 Great Boys Colliery: Tyldesley
The fire pits presents two major hazards, including the risk of third degree burns dealt in less than a second, caused by flame temperatures over 1,600°F. The commission also warned that flames ...
Overheated tires caused a bus fire, killing 15 and injuring 28. [62] May 21 – United States – Yuba City bus disaster. A bus carrying the Yuba City High School a cappella choir fell off Interstate 680 in California, killing 28 students and a teacher. This was the second deadliest bus crash in U.S. history, after the 1963 Chualar bus crash.
In Echo Park, a Metro bus was set on fire. People loot a Foot Locker shoe store in downtown Los Angeles after the Dodgers won the World Series on Wednesday. (Ryan Sun / For The Times)
John Pit was the main access shaft and was the down-cast shaft where fresh air was drawn into the pit. A steam engine was provided for winding gear, and in 1812 there was a standby horse-whim for when the steam engine was out of use. [b] [2] William Pit was the up-cast or furnace pit and had a fire burning at its base. The rising hot air drew ...
Now the family of the 8-year-old Georgia boy who drowned in a construction pit in May is calling for more arrests and a deeper investigation into the child’s death, which has been ruled a ...
In 1904 there was a fire in the engine house at Birley East Colliery which spread to the pit head. There were some 600 or 700 men and boys below and it took 2 hours to safely evacuate them all, using a neighbouring shaft. According to a report in the Tamworth Herald the pit head working were almost entirely destroyed.
Boy, 14, stabbed to death on London bus. Harry Low - BBC News and Sonja Jessup - Home affairs correspondent, BBC News. January 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM. ... south-east London, at about 14:30 GMT.