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Name: Samuel Brown

Birth Date: 00/00/1819

Death Date: 13/04/1843

Sex: M

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Subject: Return of Employees

Document Date: 01/10/1839

PRO Reference: WO56/623

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1. Samuel Brown was a general Labourer who started at the Gunpowder Mills on the 6th May, 1835. He earned £39 per annum, which included an allowance to watch in turn. He was a 20-year-old bachelor. (WO54/623 dated the 1st October 1839). 2. A transcript of the 1841 Census for Waltham Abbey does not record his name. 3. On the 13th April 1843, some 40 barrels of gunpowder exploded in the Corning House together with another 20 in the Press House; 7 men were killed and much damage was caused in the town. Among those killed was Samuel Brown. (Winters, p.106) 4. A graphic description of the explosion and damage caused, etc., was given in the London Illustrated News dated the Saturday, the 22nd April 1843 (WAAC). Samuel left a widow and two young children.