William Holmes
| Age: | |
| Died: | 27th Mar 1860 |
| Accident: | 27th Mar 1860 |
| Born: | |
| Colliery: | Blaydon Main, Shildon Pit |
| Company: | |
| Occupation: | Brakesman |
| Notes: | boiler explosion |
| Buried: | [not known] |
| Category: | |
A fatal boiler explosion occurred at the Shildon Pit, Blaydon Main, belonging to G. H. Ramsay, esq., of Derwent Villa, by which four lives were lost. Towards six o'clock in the morning, the hour for the night-shift coming off, Joseph Gray, the man in charge of the pumping-engine, on turning out to examine his boilers previous to going home, met William Holmes, the brakesman of the winding-machine, who had just come out for a similar purpose. Holmes tried the safety-valves and floats, pronounced them all right, and was turning away when the boiler exploded with tremendous force. The unfortunate Homes was hurled to a distance of a hundred yards, and killed on the spot. Daniel Johnson, a fireman, was blown about the same distance and also killed. Gray was likewise carried off his feet a considerable distance, but strange to relate, escaped with some scalds and bruises. William Huddard and John Laverick were crushed to death under the falling rubbish.
Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 27 Mar 1860 | Fatal Boiler Explosion (Annual Register for 1860) |
| 31 Mar 1860 | The Explosion At Blaydon Main (Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury) |
- Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events by T. Fordyce, published in 1867
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