Fire at an Addiewell shale pit
type: Safety - fires
Source:
Edinburgh Evening News
Unique Code:
A01143
Source date:
07/03/1892
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FIRE IN AN ADDIEWELL SHALE PIT.
Youngs No. 2 shale pit discovered early last week to be on fire, and every effort was made to arrest the passage of the flames, some of the workmen having had narrow escapes from suffocation. Flooding has now been resorted to, and this seems to be a difficult course, as the many openings to other pits will cause immense trouble. The hands employed, nearly 100, are be as far as possible drafted to the company's other pits. Even should the complete flooding of the workings be successful,a long time must elapse before operations can be resumed. How the fire originated is not clearly known.
Edinburgh Evening News, 7th March 1892