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William Currie
| Age: | 30 |
| Died: | 7th Nov 1889 |
| Accident: | 7th Nov 1889 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1859 |
| Colliery: | Cleator, No. 6 Pit |
| Company: | Cleator Iron Ore Co. |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Notes: | fall of roof, while engaged putting up a set of timbers a fall of sand and stone occurred burying deceased and his brother ; nine hours elapsed before the deceased was liberated |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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| Pub. Date | Article (Newspaper) |
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| 14 Nov 1889 | Fatal Accident In A Jacktrees Mine (Whitehaven News) |
| 28 Nov 1889 | The Mining Accident at Cleator (Cumberland Pacquet) |
| 28 Nov 1889 | The Late Mining Accident At Cleator (Whitehaven News) |
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- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 18, Accident Number: 15 Where to find this report
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Mary McLachlan - New Zealand | 06 Oct 2012 |
William Currie is my Grandfather George Curries brother who immigrated to New Zealand in 1922. |
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| Lee Baber | 07 Jan 2022 |
Possible relationship, my grandmother Lena Currie had two brothers and father killed in the mines, she came from County Durham, she was born in 1908 |
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