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Richard Hamilton
| Age: | 20 |
| Died: | 12th Apr 1881 |
| Accident: | 2nd Apr 1881 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1861 |
| Colliery: | Lady Ann |
| Company: | Earl of Durham |
| Occupation: | Shaftman |
| Notes: | broken leg and severe bruises, he fell off cage top 10 fathoms while taking out pipe |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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No. 20 on the list occurred at the "Lady Ann" Pit, Fence Houses, belonging to the Earl of Durham ; it appears that Richard Hamilton, an assistant shaftman, was engaged along with his father and another man, in taking pipes out of the shaft, and were on the top of the cage, which was standing about 10 fathoms from the bottom, when the younger Hamilton, by some means not exactly observed, fell off the end of the cage, and received such injuries that he died on the 12th April. The top of the cage was six feet long by three feet two inches broad ; it was supported by six chains, but no side guarding chains, such as are often put on for shaft work, were employed.
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1881 Census
Address: 12 Railway Terrace, Bournmoor, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4978 / 38 / 35)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| HAMILTON, Richard | 47 | Head | Mar | Grather Coal Miner | YKS: York | 1834 |
| HAMILTON, Mary | 46 | Wife | Mar | DUR: Pensher | 1835 | |
| HAMILTON, Richard | 19 | Son | Colliery Engineman | DUR: New Lambton | 1862 | |
| HAMILTON, Thomas | 16 | Son | Pupil Teacher | DUR: New Lambton | 1865 | |
| HAMILTON, Mary | 13 | Dau | DUR: New Lambton | 1868 | ||
| HAMILTON, Elizabeth | 5 | Dau | Scholar | DUR: New Lambton | 1876 |
Please note: the census extracts shown here are our 'best guess match' to the person shown on this page and is not intended to be definitive — only knowledge of the family would allow this.
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241) Where to find this report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 474, Accident Number: 20 Where to find this report
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Sandra Hamilton | 09 Mar 2009 |
Family Research |
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| Veronica Anne Stevenson | 25 Aug 2009 |
Hamilton family Yorkshire and County Durham |
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