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Robert Howell

Age:   26
Died:   9th May 1895
Accident:   9th May 1895 8:30 AM, 3rd hour of shift
Year Born:   abt. 1869
Colliery:   High House (Metalliferous)
Company:   Fletcher's High House Mining Co.
Occupation:   Miner
Notes:  
this place was known to be nearly holed through into old workings, and was timbered close up to the fire-head; the intervening crust of solid ore turned out to be thinner than was expected, and the fore-head and roof suddenly collapsed, burying deceased among the debris; no official inspection of the place had been made on that day
Buried:   St. Paul's Churchyard, Frizington
Category:  

Census Data

1881 Census

Address: New Town, Arlecdon, Cumberland
(Ref: RG11 / 5183 / 87 / 80)

Name Age  Rel  Mar Occupation Where Born Born
HOWELL, John 48HeadMarIron Miner SSX  1833
HOWELL, Jane 44WifeMar LAN: Broughton  1837
HOWELL, Hannah 16DauUnn CUL: Arlecdon  1865
HOWELL, Rachael 14DauUnn CUL: Arlecdon  1867
HOWELL, Robert B. 12Son CUL: Arlecdon  1869
HOWELL, Mary 10DauScholar CUL: Arlecdon  1871
HOWELL, Elizabeth Jane 5DauScholar CUL: Arlecdon  1876
HOWELL, George 3Son CUL: Arlecdon  1878
HOWELL, Albert James 1Son CUL: Arlecdon  1880

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.


Related Newspaper Articles

Pub.
Date
Article (Newspaper)
16 May 1895 Fatal Mining Accident At Frizington (Whitehaven News)

Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 42, Accident Number: 20 Where to find this report

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