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William Sharp

Age:   14
Died:   2nd Nov 1894
Accident:   2nd Nov 1894 3:00 PM, 9th hour of shift
Year Born:   abt. 1880
Colliery:   Twizell
Company:   James Joicey and Co., Ltd.
Occupation:   Helper Up
Notes:  
He exchanged places with a driver contrary to orders, and when riding on the limmers his head was caught against the roof [Inquest attended]
Buried:   [not known]
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Related Newspaper Articles

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22 Feb 1932 Little Hope For Two Entombed Miners, Body Of Third Man Found In West Pelton Pit, Rescuers' Slow Progress Against Hard Stone (Northern Daily Mail)

Mines Inspectors Report Entry


Sources
  • 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 49, Accident Number: 65 Where to find this report

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Kevin Bell   29 Apr 2016 

William Moody was my great uncle.


Michael Fosdal Bell   21 Feb 2023 

William Sharp was my great uncle. I´d like to see the inquest papers if they still exist or newspaper articles about the accident. Does anyone know where I can find inquest papers?


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