MAN TRAPS.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3311, 1 August 1879, Page 2

MAN TRAPS.

id A 8 MAf -%APS F o T/ -(To the Editor of the Evening Star.Jf^ Sib,-—We on the Thames are happy (or ought to befrinxfche possession of a Mining Inspector and Assistant, whose duty it is to secure the safety of all miner* he^.'fWtiys iirtfifr p6wetf ' P :to*ieve it is also their duty to see that all man* traps are made safe or removed. That being so £ Would<likef 'to *aU the gentle* men's attention to one, viz., the ladder way in the GateiddplNaJik«ft. Si r, on any ladders I believe it is advisable to take a reasonable amount of care by taking and maintainings£**•* toll iwi^ hiuU*]»nd feet, but that in the Caledonian shaft ii impossible, as the ladders are placed in «ucVa V^'ttoni^dit mitnaWSets, that there is absolutely no toe hold. Again, the ladder way from No. 2 to No, 1 level Ws3 iftM^ilfiatlEil^and if you want to get on the ladders at No. 1 level, you have to climb over a iet, a hazardous uad«rtikii^ mifUM feast of it, besidos the risk a man runs by the road being in the winding shaft, bat worse than that, a'inW'Os»MyTifrpbcts that by taking care of himself, he is in no danger, there it is different, for it ii a fact? sir, that the wiol»mftileeX&fe& the 400 feet upwards there is not one proper landing stage. If a man happened to ; ft 'ah»W liiiXarHßand if there were fifty men below, he would have a good chance if he fell away, of clearing the ftcft'TtfW be hundreds of feet perhaps for them to fall. I believe sir, that Mr Wilson has con* demned the road^ <Wtf Hpi ttfM^^pWient no notice has been taken of-Ms order*. I for one hope that now he will fee proper ladders placed ltt^tihe Caledonian shaft, and not wait until a Coroner's inquest is July 31st, 187g ?)H