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William Batty
| Age: | 21 |
| Died: | 16th Feb 1909 |
| Accident: | 16th Feb 1909 3:45 p.m. |
| Year Born: | abt. 1888 |
| Colliery: | West Stanley |
| Company: | Owners of West Stanley Colliery |
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| Notes: | cause of death/injury: monoxide (Tilley Seam), address: Ernest Terrace, Stanley ; killed in the 1909 explosion (cause of ignition uncertain) |
| Buried: | [not known] |
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The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.
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| Census Data | |
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1881 Census
Address: Longbothams Yard, Chester Le Street, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4979 / 21 / 35)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Year |
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| BATTEY, William | 24 | Head | Mar | Coalminer | YKS: Northallerton | 1857 |
| BATTEY, Margaret | 22 | Wife | Mar | DUR: Chester Le Street | 1859 | |
| BATTEY, Mary Ann | 10m | Dau | DUR: Chester Le Street |
1901 Census
Address: Belmont, Co. Durham
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born | Year |
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| BATTY, William | 46 | Coal Miner Hewer | YKS: Northallerton | 1855 | ||
| BATTY, Mary Ann | 20 | DUR: Chester Le Street | 1881 | |||
| BATTY, John Joseph | 19 | Putter Boy In Coal Mine | DUR: Chester Le Street | 1882 | ||
| BATTY, Elizabeth | 15 | DUR: Chester Le Street | 1886 | |||
| BATTY, William | 14 | Driver Boy In Coal Mine | DUR: Monkwearmouth | 1887 | ||
| BATTY, Philis | 12 | At School | DUR: Monkwearmouth | 1889 | ||
| BATTY, Matilda | 9 | At School | DUR: Monkwearmouth | 1892 |
Please note: the census extracts shown here are our 'best guess match' to the fatality shown on this page and is not intended to be definitive — only knowledge of the family would allow this.
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| Related Newspaper Articles | |
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| 17 Feb 1909 | Colliery Disaster In Durham, 140 Miners Entombed (The Times) |
| 18 Feb 1909 | Colliery Disaster, Thirty-Four Rescued (The Times) |
| 19 Feb 1909 | The Colliery Disaster, Messages From The King And Queen (The Times) |
| 20 Feb 1909 | The Colliery Disaster (The Times) |
| 22 Feb 1909 | The Colliery Disaster (The Times) |
| 23 Feb 1909 | The Colliery Disaster (The Times) |
| 27 Feb 1909 | The Durham Colliery Disaster, The Mine Closed (The Times) |
| 30 Mar 1909 | The Durham Colliery Disaster, Inquest (The Times) |
| 31 Mar 1909 | The Durham Colliery Disaster, Inquest (The Times) |
| 01 Apr 1909 | The Durham Colliery Disaster, Inquest (The Times) |
| 01 Apr 1909 | The Durham Colliery Disaster, Inquest and Verdict (The Times) |
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| Further Reading | |
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- Mines Inspectors Report into the 1909 Explosion (Cd 4788)
- The Death Pit by Eric Forster, The Story of the West Stanley Colliery Explosion 1909, Published by Frank Graham
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1901 Census — taken 31st March, 1901
- Mines Inspectors Report into the 1909 Explosion (Cd 4788)
- Picture extracted from the West Stanley Disaster Postcard showing images of those who were killed
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