Filled with deadly afterdamp 'cause owners didn't care. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Diamond Disaster] Reference
I suppose the afterdamp had lifted a bit, for I could raise my head. From Wordnik.com. [Sir George Tressady — Volume II] Reference
They also had been killed in escaping, dragged down by the inexorable afterdamp. From Wordnik.com. [Sir George Tressady — Volume II] Reference
A heavy fall of roof had to be scrambled over, and beyond it afterdamp was clearly perceptible. From Wordnik.com. [Sir George Tressady — Volume II] Reference
But no other part of him was burnt, and it was clear that he had died of afterdamp in trying to escape. From Wordnik.com. [Sir George Tressady — Volume II] Reference
You know, it is a product of combustion, and is very deadly -- it is the much-dreaded white damp or afterdamp of a mine explosion. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Bullet] Reference
All of them, young or old, were dazed and bent from the effects of afterdamp, and scarcely one of them had strength to rise till they were helped to their feet. From Wordnik.com. [Sir George Tressady — Volume II] Reference
Two or three young fellows meanwhile, who had been least touched by the afterdamp, had "amused themselves," as they said, by riding up and down the neighbouring level on the "jummer" or coal-truck of one of them. From Wordnik.com. [Sir George Tressady — Volume II] Reference
But the flame in its caprice had passed him by, and he and another man had been able to struggle through the afterdamp back along the heading, just in time to stem the rush of men and boys from the workings at the farther end. From Wordnik.com. [Sir George Tressady — Volume II] Reference
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