Accident Description: Explosion of wet guncotton during dressing. No injury (saved by mantlet). Due to the accumulation and gradual drying and hardening of some GC in a part of the press where it was exposed to friction.
Deaths: 0
Source: HMI
Source Date: 1882
Source Description: Report from HM Inspector
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
