The accident was believed to have been "caused by a broken gauze in a safety lamp".
Harry, besides a large lantern, took a safety lamp, which would burn for twelve hours.
They pushed on up to the face, Johnny stooping over the safety lamp.
Before the invention of safety lamps, miners used candles with open flames.
"Yes, and I only wish it was still the safety lamp, which we formerly had to use!"
There is usually a pit pony on site and the museum has a significant collection of safety lamps.
The miners hence worked using open flame lights instead of safety lamps.
The first indication of problems came at ninety thousand feet, when the safety lamp began to glow.
A version of the miner's safety lamp is used, kept alight in the air.
He was particularly interested in the design of miner's safety lamps.