Charles Steel
| Age: | 51 |
| Died: | 9th Mar 1840 |
| Accident: | 9th Mar 1840 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1789 |
| Colliery: | Springwell |
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| Notes: | they were killed when the chain gave way on the cage in which they were travelling at Springwell Colliery, causing them to fall to the bottom of the shaft |
| Buried: | St. Andrews Churchyard, Lamesley |
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On Monday morning, 9 March, Charles Steel, Christopher Thompson and a boy called Robson were killed when the chain gave way on the cage in which they were travelling at Springwell Colliery, causing them to fall to the bottom of the shaft.
Lamesley — St. Andrew's Churchyard
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ252579
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
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| Charles STEEL | 9th Mar 1840 | 51 | 1789 |
| George STEEL | 19th Oct 1821 | 31 | 1790 |
| Mary STEEL | 9th Feb 1869 | 79 | 1790 |
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02985-06-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Headstone(s) in St. Andrew's Churchyard, Lamesley
- Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
- Tombstone photograph (T-02986-06-0002) © Kev Duncan
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Margaret Wilkinson
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01 May 2015 |
I am related to Mary Ann Steel. Her parents were Charles Steel birth approx 1789 in LAMESLEY and ? Mary bell birth approx 1790 in Lamesley. I believe the charles Steel killed in the Springwell pit was Mary ann's father.
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