Peter Claughton wrote:
> >Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the Royal Commission of 1884
> >report into mine accidents and the subsequent results of tests on Flame
> >safety lamps by the WOOOLWICH ARSENAL or related documents.
>
> The report you need is probably one of those presented by the Royal
> Commission 'on accidents (from explosions andother causes) in mines, and
> possible means of preventing their occurence or limiting disastrous
> consequences'. See the Final Report: Evidence and Appendices - 1886 C.4699
> xvi 411. There will be a copy in the House of Lords Record Office, British
> Library, and probably in major reference libraries, and one would expect
> there to be one in the former Coal Authority Library, now at the Coal Mining
> Museum for England, Caphouse Colliey, near Wakefield.
>
> Peter
>
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The Report has also been reprinted in the Irish Universities 'British
Parliamentary Papers' series and thus is probably reasonably widely available
in academic libraries. Liverpool Univ. Library has a copy.
peter Challis
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