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William Barthram

Age:   39
Died:   6th Jun 1891
Accident:   6th Jun 1891 8:30 AM, 3rd hour of shift
Year Born:   abt. 1852
Colliery:   Eston (Ironstone)
Company:   Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd.
Occupation:   Miner
Notes:  
fall of a very large piece of stone after he had drilled a hole for the purpose of blasting
Buried:   Eston Cemetery
Category:  

Description

No. 10 on the list occurred as Eston Mines, belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan, and Company, Limited, on the 6th of June, about 8.30 a.m., causing the death of William Bartram, a miner. On the day of the accident, deceased was working alone in a place, as all the other men were paired, and he was the odd man in the district, a piece of ironstone burst off the face, at a "dry," caught and killed him instantly. All the evidence went to prove that deceased was a most careful man and experienced miner, and also that there was a large quantity of timber close to the place, which he could have used had he thought it necessary to do so. It was, I think, a pure accident, and one that might have happened to anyone ; my object, however, in mentioning it particularly is to draw attention to the deceptive character of these "backs" or "dries," and to urge continual care in detecting and dealing with them.


Census Data

1881 Census

Address: Scampston Cottage, Scampston, York, England
(Ref: RG11 / 4809 / 38 / 10)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
BARTHRAM, William 28HeadMarFarm Labourer YKS: Marton  1853
BARTHRAM, Mary Jane 25WifeMarFarm Labourer Wife YKS: Easington  1856
BARTHRAM, John Robert 5SonUnnFarm Labourer Son YKS: Marton  1876
BARTHRAM, James William 3SonUnnFarm Labourer Son YKS: Whitby  1878
BARTHRAM, Thomas 2SonUnnFarm Labourer Son YKS: Whitby  1879
BARTHRAM, Mary 25SisterUnnServant Domestic YKS: Marton  1856

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.


Tombstone

Eston — Cemetery

Location: OS Map 93, Grid Ref NZ547188




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Names on this tombstone
NameDiedAgeBorn
Elizabeth BARTHRAM    0   
Mary Jane BARTHRAM  6th Mar 1937  81  1856 
William BARTHRAM  6th Jun 1891  39  1852 

Mines Inspectors Report Entry

Columns: 1: No. of Accident ; 2: Date and Hour of the Accident ; 3: Hour of the Person's Shift, i.e. No of Hours he had been at work when the Accident happened to him ; 3: Name of the Mine or Colliery ; 4: Where situate ; 5: Name of the Owner or Company ; 6: Persons killed ; 7: Reputed Age ; 8: Occupation ; 9: Cause of Accident, and Remarks


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 13 Where to find this report
  • 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 36, Accident Number: 10 Where to find this report
  • Church/Cemetery photograph (T-05544-09-0002) © Kev Duncan
  • Headstone(s) in Eston Cemetery
  • Tombstone photograph (T-05709-09-0064) © Bob Dunn

Researchers

Email  Researcher  Date  Interest 
Christine Gibbons   28 Sep 2010 

I am William Barthram's Great Grand Daughter, daughter of Douglas Barthram, Grand daughter of Thomas Barthram


Julie Howard   21 Nov 2010 

Iam the grandaughter of Edith Mary Bartram (sister of Thomas). My father is William Victor Ross


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