May 29, 1914.

THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

1171

Last week, Judge Sturgess, in Chorley
County Court, put the last nail in the coffin
of the Electric Miners’ Lamp by AWARDING
to William Derbyshire COMPENSATION
against the Ellerbeck Colliery Co., FOR the
EFFECTS OF MINE GAS UPON HIS
CONSTITUTION.

This decision has had an immediate effect
upon the miners of this country, and it is
said that in addition to other reasons for
REJECTING ELECTRIC LAMPS, they are
now taking steps to REFUSE ELECTRIC
LAMPS because they ROB them of the
POWER of CLAIMING Compensation.

Whatever the arguments may be in favour
of electric lamps, it will be OBVIOUS TO
COALOWNERS that this new condition of
affairs, touching the MINERS’ POCKETS,
makes it UNWISE TO TURN FROM FLAME
LAMPS to electric lamps, and those who
have installed electric lamps and who are,
for other reasons, disappointed with same,
had BETTER FACE the SITUATION and
INSTALL Hailwood’s COMBUSTION TUBE
LAMP which MEETS absolutely ALL RE-
QUIREMENTS of MINER and COALOWNER
by reason of its SMALL WEIGHT, RELIA-
BILITY, GAS - DETECTING PROPERTY,
comparatively low cost, and GREAT CANDLE
POWER with its great effect in REDUCING
NYSTAGMUS and ROOF ACCIDENTS.

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