Redding Pit Disaster Source List - Falkirk Community Trust
Redding Pit Disaster Source List - Falkirk Community Trust
Redding Pit Disaster Source List - Falkirk Community Trust
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Hazards in Coal Mining<br />
The main dangers in mines are from dangerous gases, coal dust, subsidence<br />
and flooding.<br />
Black damp is a non-poisonous, non-inflammable gas mixture of nitrogen,<br />
oxygen and carbon dioxide which uses up the oxygen in the air .<br />
Fire-damp is methane, a flammable gas.<br />
White-damp is carbon monoxide, which is colourless and odourless and<br />
which kills by combining with human haemoglobin and preventing the<br />
blood from carrying oxygen.<br />
Further reading<br />
Local newspapers contain the best contemporary accounts of the <strong>Redding</strong> <strong>Pit</strong><br />
<strong>Disaster</strong>. You will find copies of these on microfilm in the local libraries.<br />
Some are indexed.<br />
The <strong>Falkirk</strong> Herald<br />
Grangemouth Advertiser<br />
Bo’ness Journal<br />
The main source is the report of the public inquiry<br />
Report on the causes of and circumstances attending the Inrush of Water<br />
which occurred at the <strong>Redding</strong> Colliery, <strong>Falkirk</strong>, Stirlingshire on the 25th<br />
September 1923<br />
Sir Thomas H Mottram, C B E (London, HMSO, 1924. Cmd 2136)<br />
Other useful books about mining are:<br />
R Page Arnot A History of the Scottish Miners (1955)<br />
National Coal Board A Short History of the Coal Mining Industry 1958)<br />
Baron F Duckham A History of the Scottish Coal Industry (1970)<br />
You can find out what happened at the <strong>Redding</strong> <strong>Pit</strong> <strong>Disaster</strong> by reading the<br />
book “The <strong>Redding</strong> <strong>Pit</strong> <strong>Disaster</strong>” by Amanda M Jackson. A digital version of<br />
this book is available on the website .