Searching for details of yet another Teasdale. On the 4th July 1838, 26 children were drowned in Huskar Pit Silkstone Barnsley. The inquest was held on the 12th July. There are many sites detailing the disaster itself but I am interested in the mention of a George H Teasdale who helped clean up the bodies. It mentions he and 2 others took the children to Throstle Hall Farm. I wonder if anyone can find more details about George. There is also a mention of a George H Teasdale who wrote a history of Coal in Silkstone in 1901. If it was same man he must have been some age then. Can anyone find mention of him in newspaper articles?
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Help please Huskar Mining Disaster
- Thread starter duckweed
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I think he may have been the Mine manager. Other sites I looked at mentioned him running the mine for the owner. What I'm looking for is age or address or any other clue. I have several Teasdales from that area. I can't find him in the 1841 census. I know Queen Victoria instigated an Enquiry into it and conditions for children in mining but have been unable to find the report. There are several witness reports recorded on the several sites but George isn't mentioned as a witness which I feel he would have to be called if he was the manger.
Hi there Duckweed,
I couldnt find anymore than what you have found. I found the mention of him cleaning the kids faces and then putting them onto a cart and taking them home. I couldnt find a thing on the inquest beside them saying there was one.
I tried finding something on the book "history of silkstone coal and coal pits" written by G H Teasdale [1901]. All it had was--- typescript Sheffield Reference Library. But no information on the author. I have a bit of spare time tomorrow so i will have another look and see if something else pops up on him.
gibbo
I couldnt find anymore than what you have found. I found the mention of him cleaning the kids faces and then putting them onto a cart and taking them home. I couldnt find a thing on the inquest beside them saying there was one.
I tried finding something on the book "history of silkstone coal and coal pits" written by G H Teasdale [1901]. All it had was--- typescript Sheffield Reference Library. But no information on the author. I have a bit of spare time tomorrow so i will have another look and see if something else pops up on him.
gibbo
I had a good read about it today and it was so sad. I doubt he would have been the same man after. I will admit when i read about him cleaning the kids faces before he took them home pulled a few heart strings. There was a mention about a Teasdale family owing a nursery, if i remember rightly i think it was a nursery, i think the author fella is from them??? will have to have another read and refresh the brain matter.
gibbo
gibbo
