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able lethargy of every person concerned in thistrade, and of society in not actively proceedingto get such regulations established, and im-provements introduced, as would lessen the ex-tent of these accidents; and though the fundestablished for the relief of sufferers by explo-sion, &c. may palliate, it by no means extenuatesthe blame of cruel inattention to the security ofthe miner. Means of this kind would be muchbetter employed in preventing causes for theirapplication, than in dispensing relief, whichmust first be qualified by death and despair; andI most sincerely hope, when this publication andthe statement it contains have attracted publicattention, that government, the society esta-blished at Sunderland for the prevention ofaccidents in coal mines, and of which HisGrace the Duke of Northumberland is Patron,and Sir R. Noel President, with the owners,viewers, &c. will mutually concur in adoptingplans for the removal and prevention of theseaccidents.

Tyne Main.

Another explosion occurred on Monday the5th of June, at the Tyne Main colliery, situ-ate near to Gateshead Park, the property of

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