firedamp

How To Use firedamp In A Sentence

• The land, off Newhill Road in Monk Bretton, Barnsley, is one of the worst areas in the country to be affected by methane gas - known by miners as firedamp - leaching through the ground from disused mine workings.
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• As they had expected, there was no explosion, but, what was more serious, there was not even the slight crackling which indicates the presence of a small quantity of firedamp. The Underground City
• When the firedamp had accumulated in the air, so as to form a detonating mixture, the explosion occurred without being fatal, and, by often renewing this operation, catastrophes were prevented. The Underground City
• The new mines regulation act provides that any explosible used in coal mines shall either be fired in a water cartridge or be of such a nature that it cannot inflame firedamp. Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887
• Ratchett. as manager of the pits, had come to report the firedamp blast. A Place Called Freedom
• The rescue teams started the huge task of trying to get inbye, past the fire to the trapped miners, concerned there could be another explosion if the firedamp inbye was ignited by the fire. Whitehaven News headlines
• Eruptions of natural gas were observed from very early times and the dangers of firedamp in mines were soon realized.
• Mack wrapped the boy in the wet blanket, saying: "There's firedamp, Wullie, we've got to get out! A Place Called Freedom
• Underground in caves there was never really much need for running unless careful planning failed and a shaft fell in, or a patch of firedamp or bad air turned up.