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William Baddey
| Age: | 26 |
| Died: | 8th Sep 1880 |
| Accident: | 8th Sep 1880 2:20 a.m. |
| Year Born: | abt. 1854 |
| Colliery: | Seaham |
| Company: | Marquis of Londonderry |
| Occupation: | Packer |
| Notes: | address: 59, California Street ; killed in the 1880 explosion (ignition caused by safety lamp or shot firing) |
| Buried: | [not known] |
The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.
Extracts from the Inquest into this death.
| Residence: | 59, California Street |
| Widow, &c. | Margaret Ann Berry |
| Widow Age: | 25 |
| Children: | |
| Legacies: | £5 0s. 0d. |
| Fortnightly Allowance: | £0 10s. 0d. |
| Fatal Accident Benefits. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Accidental Death of Unmarried Member under 18 years of age | £12 | 0 | 0 |
| Accidental Death of Members above 18 years of age leaving no dependent relative | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Accidental Death of Members above 18 years of age leaving dependent relatives | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Widows or other dependent relatives | 5s. per week | ||
| Each child (if under age) of members accidentally killed | 2s. per week | ||
| Each child (if under age) of widowers, &c., extra for guardianship | 1s. 6d. per week | ||
| 09 Sep 1880 | Terrible Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 10 Sep 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 13 Sep 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 14 Sep 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 15 Sep 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 15 Sep 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 16 Sep 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 17 Sep 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 18 Sep 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 18 Sep 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 20 Sep 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 21 Sep 1880 | Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 23 Sep 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 24 Sep 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 30 Sep 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 01 Oct 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 02 Oct 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 04 Oct 1880 | Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 06 Oct 1880 | Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 07 Oct 1880 | The Seaham Explosion (The Times) |
| 07 Oct 1880 | Letters to the Editor, The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 14 Oct 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 20 Oct 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 21 Oct 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 14 Dec 1880 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 06 Jan 1881 | The Seaham Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
- Mines Inspectors Report into the 1880 Disaster (C. 2924)
- Explosions in Coal Mines by W. N. & J. B. Atkinson, published in 1886
- Troubled Seams - the Story of a Pit and its People by John E. McCutcheon, published in 1955 by J. Greenwood and Sons
- Report from The Miners' Permanent Relief Fund detailing the members, payments, dependents etc. for the 1880 Seaham Colliery Disaster. Published 2nd October, 1880.
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