Explosion in Sling - 1950s (General)
by Julie Hill 
, Hereford, Monday, October 09, 2006, 20:41 (6612 days ago)
Hi All,
Does anyone remember or have any information about an explosion in Sling during the 1950s? From what I can gather a Mother and Daughter were killed.
Regards
Julie
The fatal explosion at Coleford
by admin , Forest of Dean, Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 01:26 (6612 days ago) @ Julie Hill
Could this be the incident you are looking for!
"The fatal explosion at Coleford. G.J. Ball Esq., held an inquest yesterday (Friday) week, on the bodies of George Powell, aged 26, Herbert Powell, aged 1 year and 10 months, and William Powell, aged 31, the father of Herbert, who were killed by the explosion of a steam boiler at the Dark Hill Iron Furnace, near Parkend, the property of Messrs. Mushet, which unhappy occurrence we briefly reported last week. Powell's wife and another of his children and some other persons, were dreadfully injured but expected to recover."
More details:
Forest of Dean History
http://www.fweb.org.uk/Dean/deanhist/marefold.htm
The fatal explosion at Coleford
by Julie Hill , Hereford, Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 03:19 (6612 days ago) @ admin
Hi David,
No this isn't the explosion. The one I am looking for happened in the 1950s not the 1850s.
It was one of my distant Teague relatives and her daughter who died. Their surname was Baker.
Thankyou for looking though.
Regards
Julie