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William Reeder
| Age: | 64 |
| Died: | 22nd Apr 1896 |
| Accident: | 22nd Apr 1896 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1832 |
| Colliery: | Eston (Ironstone) |
| Company: | Bolckow, Vaughan and Co., Ltd. |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Notes: | While walking home on the tramway on the surface, he had been seized with a fit of dizziness, and was leaning on an engine-house window sill when a set of waggons passed, caught, and killed him |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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It is No. 184 on the list, and occurred at Eston Mines belonging to Messrs. Bolckow, Vaughan, & Co., Limited, on April 27th, causing the death of a miner.
The deceased man, who worked at Wilton, had completed his shift and was walking along the surface tramway, on his way home. When passing an engine-house he evidently felt faint, for he put his arms on the window of the house, to lean against it, and had his back to the tramway.
Just at the time a set of tubs was being let down an incline, and two of them by some means, which, no one was able to explain, became uncoupled and they ran down and past the house where deceased was standing. There was not room for him to stand between the tubs and the engine-house, and he evidently had not noticed them coming, for he did not get out of the way, and when they got to him they crushed him so severely that he died within a few minutes.
I understand he had been affected with dizziness several times before this.
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- 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 18 Where to find this report
- 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 27, Accident Number: 184 Where to find this report
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| CHRIS MATTHEWMAN | 23 Jul 2013 |
Family tree |
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| ken moore | 30 Oct 2016 |
He was my great great grandfather |
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