Two explosions, blackdamp ( locally called choak-damp ), fire and the lethal afterdamp made any rescue attempt impossible.
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A ventilation fan was brought from a nearby mine and used to expel the afterdamp and force air into the mine shafts.
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The afterdamp gas carbon monoxide which presented such a problem for the recovery teams must also have contributed to death through poisoning.
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Indeed, the gas forced its way through a passage into the adjoining Kelloe Pit where six men lost their lives from the afterdamp.
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A number attempted to reach the shaft but were overcome by afterdamp, some even surviving to reach the surface before succumbing to its effects.
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Afterdamp was the deadly gas which caused the majority of casualties in the many pit disasters of the British coalfields, and elsewhere in the world.
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He identified carbon monoxide as the lethal constituent of afterdamp, the gas created by combustion, after examining many bodies of miners killed in pit explosions.
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At the time of the explosion, 142 men were in the mine; 65 were killed by burns and other injuries and 45 were killed by afterdamp.
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At the time of the explosion, 142 men were in the mine; 65 were killed by burns and other injuries, and 45 were killed by afterdamp.
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John Scott Haldane identified carbon monoxide as the lethal constituent of afterdamp, the gas created by combustion, after examining many bodies of miners killed in pit explosions.
