George Malcolm Bailey (1894 - 1923)

Born 31 May 1894 in Saint Albans, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Hilda Jane Mary (Radnidge) Caban — married 2 Dec 1922 in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1923 at age 29 in Bellbird, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

George Bailey died in the Bellbird Colliery Disaster on 1 September 1923

George Malcolm Bailey was born on 31 May 1894^[1] in Macdonald River, New South Wales, Australia as the fifth child of David Bailey and Ann Elizabeth Fernance. He had thirteen siblings, namely: David Hilton, Jane Gertrude, Reuben Herbert, Hilda Ivy, Dinah, Rubina Grace, Mervyn, Stella, Henry, Joyce Marcella, Ruth Emmeline, Aynsley, and Geoffrey. He died on 01 Sep 1923^[2] in Bellbird, New South Wales, Australia. When he was 28, he married Hilda Mary Jane Radnidge, daughter of Hilton William Radnidge and Jessie Susannah Jackson, on 02 Dec 1922^[3] in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.

Burial: Find A Grave: (120902052) He was buried^[4] in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia (Cessnock Cemetery).

George Malcolm Bailey and Hilda Mary Jane Radnidge had the following children:

• Ruth Malcolm Bailey was born on 15 Oct 1923 in Bellbird, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 21 Nov 1979 in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. She married Athol Paul Shearer in 1942 in Bellbird, New South Wales, Australia.

Sources

• NSW Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
• Find a Grave

1. ↑ Birth: NSW Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
   • Registration Number: 30977/1894
   • Date of Birth: 31 May 1894
   • Name: BAILEY GEORGE M
   • Father's Given Name(s): DAVID
   • Mother's Given Name(s): ANN E
   • District: ST ALBANS
2. ↑ Death: NSW Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
   • Registration Number: 31623/1965
   • Date of Death: 01 Sep 1923
   • Name: BAILEY GEORGE MALCOLM
   • Father's Given Name(s): DAVID
   • Mother's Given Name(s): ANN ELIZAB ETH
   • District: CESSNOCK
3. ↑ Marriage: NSW Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
   • Registration Number: 15418/1922
   • Date of Marriage: 02 Dec 1922
   • Groom's Family Name: BAILEY
   • Groom's Given Name(s): GEORGE M
   • Bride's Family Name(s): RADNIDGE
   • Bride's Given Name(s): HILDA M J
   • District: CESSNOCK
4. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave for George Malcolm Bailey b. 31 May 1894 d. 01 Sep 1923

Notes

COAL MINING DISASTER.

Explosion at Bellbird Colliery Causes Loss of 21 Lives. Mine is Sealed Down. 15 Bodies are Recovered Amid Scenes ot Heroism. Sydney, Monday. Several explosions which involved the loss of 21 lives occurred at the Bellbird Colliery, 3 ½ miles from Cessnock, on Saturday afternoon. The tragedy was probably due to the ignition of bad gases in an old working.

Amid scenes of great heroism, 15 bodies were recovered, but six remain in the mine which has been sealed up, all hope having been abandoned of securing them.

Manager Loses His Life - John Brown, the manager of the Aberdare colliery, lost his life while carrying out rescue work. Other rescuers were overcome by the poison gas and suffered severely. One party was trapped by the fumes, but escaped into another part of the mine by breaking through a brick wall, first using pocket knives, and then an improvised battering ram.

Mining managers and officials all around the district flocked, to the scene, and led in the work of rescue. Colliery employees volunteered practically to a man, but the services of only a small proportion could be accepted.

The original explosion, the fumes from which caught the miners at "dips" 2 ½ miles from the pithead, was followed by a series of others, which at times endangered the lives of the rescue parties. Shortly after midnight the head fan at the shaft blew out, and the volumes of sooty smoke were issuing from it throughout Sunday.

The mine will have to be totally closed down for probably six months, according to local opinion, in order to allow the fires to burn themselves out.

Seven hundred men will be thrown out of work. The following are the names of the dead :

- Names of the Dead -

Harold Richards, married, Cessnock.

William Albert Griffin, married, Cessnock.

Gordon Locking, married. Bellbird.

William Hartley, married, Cessnock.

Alfred Hines, married. Cessnock.

Jerry M'Laughlin, Cessnock. John Stewart, married, Bellbird.

Maurice William Hyams, married, Aberdare.

George Malcolm Bailey, married, Cessnock