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Re: Unusual Occupations
« Reply #27 on: Monday 27 June 22 09:49 BST (UK) »
Ref fire hazards:-

In 1987 there was a catastrophic fire at King's Cross St Pancras tube station, a major interchange

What surprised many passengers was the speed at which the fire travelled along wall tiles.

The fact was that the fire was enabled to expand into other areas by the dust on the walls.
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« Reply #28 on: Thursday 30 June 22 01:21 BST (UK) »
Fires were often started in cotton mills ,especially where spinning was done.
Loose fine fibres from the raw cotton floated in the air( causing bysinosis -(lung cancer) and were a fire hazard ,as a spark from the steel spinning frames would set them alight ,much of the fibrous dust gathered under the moving spinning frames and collected in soft rolls,little children of six years had to crawl under the moving machinery to gather them up.
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