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William Peachey
| Age: | 36 |
| Died: | 22nd May 1890 |
| Accident: | 22nd May 1890 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1854 |
| Colliery: | Haswell |
| Company: | Haswell Coal Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Stoneman |
| Notes: | while lighting a shot he gave it too short a match and the charge exploded before he got clear |
| Buried: | St. Saviour's Churchyard, Shotton Colliery |
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No. 22 on the list occurred at Haswell Colliery, belonging to the Haswell Coal Company. Limited, on the 22nd May about 10 o'clock p.m., causing the death of William Peachey, a stoneman. Deceased was engaged at the time of the accident along with another man in taking down a top "canch" in the gateways in order to make height for the tubs to past into the face. It appears he had charged a hole and placed some old timber on the rails just under where the shot was to protect them; he lit the touch paper and then ran under the shot, his mate having gone in the other direction, and in doing so caught his foot in the old timber and fell; before he could get up the shot exploded and blew the stone just where the powder was located with great violence on to deceased, causing such injuries that he afterwards died. It was proved at the inquest that he had two kinds of touch paper with him, one of which was much quicker than the other, and he had by mistake used the quickest. He discovered this after he lighted the shot, and no doubt in his anxiety to get out of danger he rushed under the shot and stumbled over the timber. As it turned out, he would have been safe if he had gone in the opposite direction.
1881 Census
Address: R Room Row, Shotton, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4966 / 82 / 57)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Born |
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| PEACHEY, William | 25 | Head | Mar | Coal Miner | CAM: Wooditten | 1856 |
| PEACHEY, Harriet | 29 | Wife | Mar | | CAM: Wooditten | 1852 |
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.
Shotton Colliery — St. Saviour's Churchyard
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ394411
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| Harriet PEACHEY | | | |
| William PEACHEY | 22nd May 1890 | 36 | 1854 |
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 21, Accident Number: 22 Where to find this report
- 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 8 Where to find this report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-03073-06-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in St. Saviour's Churchyard, Shotton
- Tombstone photograph (T-03083-06-0002) © Kev Duncan
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