Translation for "grisou" to english
Grisou
Translation examples
Il 10 marzo 1906 a seguito di un incendio che durava da tre settimane, una terribile esplosione di grisou seppellì più di 1200 minatori nelle miniere di Courrieres.
On March 10th, 1906 a terrible firedamp explosion following a fire which had been smouldering for 3 weeks, buried more than 1,200 miners deep down in the Courrières mines. A team of German miners belonging to a special rescue squad came from Westphalia to join up with the French rescuers.
La miniera di Castelnuovo è stata distrutta da uno scoppio di grisou.
Well, the mine of Castelnuovo was destroyed by a firedamp explosion.
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