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James Doley
| Age: | 57 |
| Died: | 2nd Apr 1887 |
| Accident: | 2nd Apr 1887 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1830 |
| Colliery: | Egremont, No. 5 Pit |
| Company: | Gillfoot Park Co |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Notes: | the deceased was stemming a hole with a copper stemmer, when the charge exploded causing injuries which resulted in his death ; this hole had been charged with blasting powder, and as the hole was in hard blue ore, and was very much shattered by a previous shot, it is probable that two small pieces of metal were knocked together, causing a spark to ignite the loose powder in the shot hole |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 07 Apr 1887 | The Fatal Accident At Gillfoot Mines, Death Of One Of The Men (Whitehaven News) |
| 07 Apr 1887 | Serious Mining Accident Near Egremont (Whitehaven News) |
| 21 Apr 1887 | The Fatal Accident At Gillfoot Mines (Whitehaven News) |
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- 1887 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5450) Where to find this report
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| angela foster | 21 Jan 2011 |
family history |
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| Steven Fee | 05 Oct 2014 |
Researching family tree. James fee/ doley was my 3rd great grandfather. Interested to find out why he was known as fee or doley. His son william james doley fee was my 2nd great grandfather. A family of miners who worked in the north east and cumberland. |
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