Hi Phil
Just had a thought - have you tried Snibston in Coalville for any
information? They're the discovery park on the site of the Stevenson
Snibston Pit, and since the museums services split when Leicester and
Leicestershire went their different ways under the last reorganisation
(and teh director resigned) they've had to paddle their own canoe.
Phone number is 01530 510851. They have a number of ex-miners on their
staff and one of them may know as son followed father followed
grandfather down the pit. I believe that the mines Rescue Records from
Ashby de la Zouch went there, so that's possibly the prime line of
enquiry.
Regards
John
In message <000301be4bcb$61f14a40$5638a8c2@kathrync>, Philip Clifford
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>One snippet that I have come across is a reference to two types of Rescue
>Man's Breathing Apparatus which were used, with limited success, at the
>Hamstead fire in 1908. The two in question are the DRAEGER and the WEG. I
>have details of later Draeger systems so I assume that the principal of
>operation was the same but I can find no trace of the WEG apparatus.
>
>Does anyone have any idea where they came from, who made them, how they
>worked (or not as the case may be) etc.?
>
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John Colby
Website at http://www.colbybos.demon.co.uk
Last Updated Saturday 16th January 1999
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