WATERFALL Ralph

Abt 1823 - 1874  (~ 51 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	WATERFALL Ralph
  Born	Abt 1823	Kilbourne, Derbyshire, England
  Christened	9 Mar 1823	St Peter's Church, Belper, Derbyshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Openwood Gate, Belper, Derbyshire, England   [2]
  	1851
  	Ralph gives his occupation as a Coal Miner.
  Census	7 Apr 1861	Barton Knowle, Belper, Derbyshire, England   [3]
  	1861
  	Ralph gives his occupation as a Coal Huggler.
  Census	2 Apr 1871	Barton Knowle, Belper, Derbyshire, England   [4]
  	1871
  	Ralph gives his occupation as a Labourer.
  Died	Between 1 Jan 1874 and 31 Mar 1874	Belper RD, Derbyshire, England   [5]
  	Cause: Colliery Accident
  	Aded 48 years.
  Inquest	22 Jan 1874	Seven Stars, Openwood Gate, Belper, Derbyshire, England   [6]
  	FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT,-Mr H. W. Sale, coroner, held an inquest on Thursday [22 Jan 1874] at the Seven Stars, Openwood Gate, Belper, in the occupation of Mr Oates, _onching the death of Ralph Waterfall, labourer, Belper, aged 48 years. The first witness called was John Morris, Belper, who said he was employed as a labourer at the Kilburn Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Small Brothers, and that deceased was employed at the same colliery up to the time of his death, which took place at ten minutes past twelve on Tuesday morning. At the time stated, the deceased, and another labourer, George Wingfield, were engaged in taking a loaded skip from the workings into the main road along a tramway. Deceased was in from of the skip and witness was behind it, Wingfield being behind him. They were in stall No.5. They got into a gate end, where there was a smooth iron plate about six feet long and three feet wide, and supported by Iron puncheons at each end. The roof over the plate was propped by two iron bars, which were about four inches wide, and supported by iorn puncheons at each end. There was also an iron prop at each end. When they got the skip onto the plate, and were turning it, it came against the prop on the left hand side, and knocked it down. The roof fell in directly, and deceased called out to him "Look out Morris." Some of the roof fell on witness, and he was knocked down, but not injured. His candle as well as deceased's was put out. The greater part of the roof fell on the skip, throwing it over onto deceased, whom he heard say "Oh, dear!" just as he (the witness) was getting up. Witness asked Wingfield to bringhis candle, when they found the deceased lying partly under the skip. He spoke to him, but recieved no answer. John Hall, the timber-setter and Joseph Taylor, a collier, then came and assisted in getting the deceased from under the skip. Deceased was quite dead, and cut on the left cheek. - George Wingfield gave corroberative evidence. - John Hall said he was overlooker on the main road, and that his duty was to look to the timbering, as well as to see that the roof was properly propped. He knew the gate-end plate No.5 skip from side to side was about two feet three inches. The distance between the puncheons, through which the skip went, was about five feet and a half. There was ample room for the skip to go between them. After the accident he saw that the puncheon on the left hand side of the gateway, and the corresponding one at the back, were down. Deceased had been employed three years at the colliery. - A Juryman remarked that nineteen out of twenty accidents in the colliery districts happened in the same way, and that the puncheons should be set in the ground so as to be able to resist a skip coming against it. A skilled collier ought to be employed to look after such men as deceased as well. -The Coronor remarked he did not know any set of men more careless, as a rule, as skilled colliers. Taking them as a whole, they were more careless than the unskilled. The jury reurned a verdict of "Accidental death." The inquiry was somewhat lengthy.
  Occupation	Collier
  Buried	23 Jan 1874	St Peter's Church, Belper, Derbyshire, England   [7]
  Person ID	I5	Derbyshire Waterfalls
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	WATERFALL John,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	LAUNDER Jane,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	25 Dec 1809	Duffield, Derbyshire, England   [8]
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BERRESFORD Dinah,   b. Abt 1821,   d. Between 1 Oct 1904 and 31 Dec 1904, Belper RD, Derbyshire, England  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	13 Apr 1846	Duffield, Derbyshire, England   [9, 10]
  Children	+ 1. WATERFALL Mary,   b. Between 1 Apr 1848 and 30 Jun 1848, Belper RD, Derbyshire, England ,   d. Between 1 Jul 1873 and 30 Sep 1873, Belper RD, Derbyshire, England  (Age ~ 25 years)   2. WATERFALL Annie,   b. Abt 1857, Belper RD, Derbyshire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. WATERFALL Henry,   b. Between 1 Oct 1860 and 31 Dec 1860, Belper RD, Derbyshire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S132] St Peter's Church, Belper Baptisms, St Peter's Church (Belper, Derbyshire, England), "Baptisms 1813-1826," Ralph Waterfall Baptism 9 March 1823, page 230, entry 1836; FHL microfilm 2,080,800, item 11 (Reliability: 3), 1 Aug 2016. [S3] 1851 Census Derbyshire, England. Derbyshire., (Ancestry. www.ancestry.co.uk : n.d.), Belper, folio 691, page 39, Ralph Waterfall; digital images, Ancestry(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 7 Mar 2016); citing TNA HO 107/2144 (Reliability: 3). [S14] 1861 Census Derbyshire, England. Derbyshire., (Ancestry. www.ancestry.co.uk : n.d.), Belper, folio 46, page 15, Ralph Waterfall; digital images, Ancestry(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 7 Mar 2016); citing TNA RG 9/2510 (Reliability: 3). [S23] 1871 Census Derbyshire, England. Derbyshire., (Ancestry. www.ancestry.co.uk : n.d.), Belper, folio 60, page 20, Ralph Waterfall; digital images, Ancestry(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 7 Mar 2016); citing TNA RG 10/3583 (Reliability: 3). [S15] GRO Death Indexes, General Register Office, ((www.freebmd.org.uk)), (www.freebmd.org.uk : accessed 7 Mar 2016), entry for Ralph Waterfall, volume 7b, page 308, March quarter 1874, Belper district; citing the General Register Office's England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes (Reliability: 3). [S167] Derby Mercury, Derbyshire. Derby., "District News - Belper," 28 January 1874, p. 2, col. 6; digital images, \i Findmypast\i0  (www.findmypast.co.uk : accessed 1 Aug 2016). (Reliability: 3). [S133] St Peter's Church, Belper Burials, St Peter's Church (Belper, Derbyshire, England), "Burials 1861-1884," Ralph Waterfall Burial 23 January 1874, page 117, entry 932; FHL microfilm 2,080,805, item 6 (Reliability: 3), 1 Aug 2016. [S2] Derbyshire Marriage Index 1538-1910, ((www.findmypast.co.uk)), accessed 4 Mar 2016), John Waterfall & Jane Launder Marriage 25 Dec 1809 Duffield. (Reliability: 3). [S21] GRO Marriage Indexes NEED TO REDO, England and Wales. Registrar General., Marriage Index for Ralph Waterfall and Dinah Berresford; citing 19/384, June quarter 1846, Belper registration district (Reliability: 3). [S137] St Alkmund's Church, Duffield, Marriages, St Alkmund's Church (Duffield, Derbyshire, England), "Marriages 1842-1844," Ralph Waterfall & Dinah Beresford Marriage 13 April 1846, page 162, entry 323; FHL microfilm 1,041,432 (Reliability: 3).