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Robert Hemsley
| Age: | 15 |
| Died: | 12th May 1881 |
| Accident: | 12th May 1881 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1866 |
| Colliery: | Cramlington, Dudley Pit |
| Company: | W. A. Potter and Co. |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Notes: | crushed by tubs on inclined plane |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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This caused the death of two boys, and was in consequence of the neglect of a boy in charge of a self-acting incline bank head, in omitting to fix chocks, placed for the purpose, in front of a full set of tubs which he was preparing. In attaching the rope to the tubs he had also probably made a mistake in fixing the link at the end of the rope to the upper side of the double-jawed centre bar of the tub instead of between the jaws, in consequence of which, when he lowered the set against the rope, the sudden tightening caused the bolt to fly out and thus detach the tubs, which then, the chocks above mentioned not having been placed in position, ran amain down the incline, keeping the way until reaching the landing place at bottom, and probably injuring the two lads so much as to prevent them signalling another incline, running at the time, to stop, the result being that the set on the last-named incline on completing its journey ran into the first-named set, which had ran amain, the landing place being common to both inclines, and thus a general smash caused, in which the lads were killed.
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1881 Census
Address: 142 Nixons Buildings, Longbenton, Northumberland
(Ref: RG11 / 5087 / 48 / 32)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| HEMSLEY, Thomas | 42 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | NBL: Gosforth | 1839 |
| HEMSLEY, Roseanne | 37 | Wife | Mar | Coal Miner | NBL: Long Benton | 1844 |
| HEMSLEY, Robert C. | 15 | Son | Coal Miner | NBL: Whitleyside | 1866 | |
| HEMSLEY, William | 13 | Son | Coal Miner | SCT | 1868 | |
| HEMSLEY, Thomas | 7 | Son | Scholar | NBL: Long Benton | 1874 | |
| HEMSLEY, Mary | 2 | Dau | NBL: Long Benton | 1879 | ||
| HEMSLEY, John | 6m | Son | NBL: Long Benton |
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), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 393, Accident Number: 28 Where to find this report
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| heather Hemsley | 31 Aug 2009 |
My husbands grandfather named John William Hemsley, born I think 1891, had brother Albert Edward Hemsley. Believe one of the uncles moved to Tasmania Aust but not sure who. |
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| Richard Hemsley | 15 Dec 2008 |
My Grandfather Albert Edward Hemsley spent his working life in the pit. Going down as a boy and working his way up to manager. He then moved to Tazmania as head of the mines inpectorate before retiring back to the UK in the early '60. |
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| Hayley Knowles | 29 Dec 2011 |
Relative of Thomas Hemsley, born 1864 father of boy killed. Large North East minning family. Researching family history if help need on names/date of births/relatives. |
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