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James Archer
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| Died: | May 1658 |
| Accident: | May 1658 |
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| Colliery: | Galla-Flatt |
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| Notes: | father of Stephen Archer, drowned, body recovered 36 years later |
| Buried: | St. Andrew's, Newcastle on 24 Apr 1695 |
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The following is extracted from the register of St. Andrew’s, Newcastle :— "April 24th, 1695, were buried, James Archer and his son Stephen, who, in the month of May, 1658, were drowned in a coal-pit in the Galla-Flatt, by the breaking in of water from an old waste. The bodys were found intire, after they had lyen in the water 36 years and 11 months".
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- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by John Sykes, published in 1833 in two volumes
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