Accident Description: Severe explosion much damage. Detailed report. Millman James Knightley was "not injured beyond a severe shock, but his eyebrows and lashes were blown off" No cause assigned.. James Lane, millman on No 2 Mill was awarded £5 for his courage in stopping his Mill and overturning the drenching apparatus and then going to No 3 Mill and stopping that.
Deaths: 0
Source: PRO
Source Date:
Source Description: Report 128/13
PRO Reference:
WAAC Filename: WAAC-1874.pdf
Abbreviations:
W = Winters
WASC = Waltham Abbey Special Collection
PRO = Public Record Office (now TNA The National Archives)
HMI = His Majesty's Inspectorate
PR = Press Report
