Disaster · 4606
The Blackdown Stope
Blackdown · New Lode
In spring 4606 a stope in the New Lode broke into old working on no plan; of twenty-seven men who went in, six came out. The Colliers call it an ordinary fall; the Brethren sealed it and keep a brother there. Since then unplanned ground may be opened only with a Brethren officer present.