18th July 1862,
Steveson Colliery,
Aged 45.

Death listed as Mine Inspectors Report.

From Main body of report: This accident took place at a borehole which the deceased and other workmen were in the act of putting down from the "waste" of the "five-quarter" coal to prove the position and quality of the seams underlying. The depth of the bore from the pavement of this seam was about 11 fathoms.

It would appear that, on the day of the accident, and a short time before it took place, a "cutter" or open rent in the strata, had been intersected by the bore, and a quantity of firedamp, evidently existing under considerable pressure, forced itself up through the bore-hole and the water which was in it, and lodged in a high part of the roof immediately adjoining.

During this extra discharge the ventilation at that place was found insufficient, and though the borers had retired when the gas first made its appearance, they had afterwards returned, or ventured nearer to it, when it is supposed that the firedamp had ignited at an unprotected light, either belonging to one of the borers, or to the breaksman employed at a short distance to the " dip" of the borehole.

In honour of Patrick Lennan, the son of Mathew & Mary Lennan.
Father of Edward Lennan.
Grandfather of Edward Lennon.
Great- Grandfather of Mary Lennon.
2x Great Grandfather of Cecilia Lennon.
3x Great Grandfather of Granddad Lennon.
4x Great Grandfather of Dad Lennon.
5x Great Grandfather of Sarah-Louise Amelia Lennon.
6x Great Grandfather of Baby Lennon.

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