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William Charlton
| Age: | 14 |
| Died: | 12th Jun 1896 |
| Accident: | 12th Jun 1896 |
| Year Born: | abt. 1882 |
| Colliery: | Chester South Moor |
| Company: | Owners of Waldridge Collieries |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Notes: | He was waiting for another driver bringing a set of full tubs out but he allowed them to run amain, and Charlton in attempting to stop them got caught and was found quite dead under the first tub |
| Buried: | Ropery Lane Cemetery, Chester-le-Street |
| Category: | Miscellaneous Underground Accidents :: Haulage :: Run over or crushed by Trams or Tubs |
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No. 275 on the list occurred at Chester South Moor Colliery, belonging to the owners of Waldridge Collieries, causing the death of a driver.
The deceased boy was waiting at a siding at the bottom of an incline for a full set, which another driver had gone in by to bring out, to take it towards the shaft. The other driver had removed the chock in the full way at the flat at the top of the incline, and set three tubs away which came amain down the incline, and when they got to deceased he attempted to stop them but was knocked down and afterwards found under the first tub quite dead.
This accident was caused by the other driver removing the chock, which he should not have done, as it was no part of his duty to do so, a lad being kept at the flat to attend to the chocks, and arrange the sets, and, apart from this, he was wrong in moving it before his pony was attached to the tub.
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Chester-le-Street — Ropery Lane Cemetery
Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ278507
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| Names on this tombstone | |||
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| Name | Died | Age | Born |
| Elizabeth CHARLTON | 8th Mar 1922 | 78 | 1844 |
| William CHARLTON | 12th Jun 1896 | 14 | 1882 |
| William CHARLTON | 11th Dec 1917 | 68 | 1849 |
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- 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 16 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: 26, Accident Number: 275 Where to find this report
- Church/Cemetery photograph (T-02968-06-0002) © Kev Duncan
- Headstone(s) in Ropery Lane Cemetery, Chester-le-Street
- Tombstone photograph (T-02910-06-0002) © Kev Duncan
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| Researcher | Date | Interest | |
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| Mary Andrews | 23 Apr 2013 |
My maternal grandmother was Eliza Charlton so would like to contact any others who may have this surname |
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