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Charles Daniel William Storey 1884 - 1940

Charles Daniel William Storey was born in 1884 to Richard Storey and Mary (Waddell) Storey, and had siblings James Oliver Storey, Richard Cameron Storey, and Louisa Emily Storey. He married Cassie Gould (Wills) Storey, and had a child Douglas Charles Kinnear Storey. Charles Storey died at age 55 years old on September 20, 1940 in Wairoa, Hawke's Bay New Zealand.

Charles Daniel William Storey

1884

September 20, 1940

Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

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Charles Daniel William Storey's History: 1884 - 1940

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The New Zealand Herald. 18th June 1915. EXPLOSION AT OTIRA. TUNNEL WORKER KILLED. TWO OTHERS INJURED. CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. A Telegram from Bealey Flat received this afternoon states that Patrick Toomey, a labourer, was killed, Charles Storey badly injured, and Samuel Armerich slightly injured by an explosion in the Otira Tunnel. At the time of the accident the three men were engaged in charging a hole prior to blasting away rock. The Evening Post. New Zealand. 20th September 1940. WORKMANS DEATH. STRUCK BY LOCOMOTIVE. WAIROA, This Day. Fatal injuries were received by Charles Storey, married, when he was struck by a locomotive at the lower hydro-electric development scheme at Piripaua, Waikaremoana, at 12.45 a.m. today. Storey was in charge of concreting operations in a tunnel........ PIRIPAUA FATALITY. CRUSHED BY LOCOMOTIVE. FINDING AT INQUEST. GISBORNE, this day. Death from shock following extensive injuries which he received when crushed by a locomotive was the verdict returned by the coroner, Mr. V. E. Winter, at Wairoa at the inquest into the death on September 20 of Mr. Charles William Daniel Storey aged 56, a married man and tunnel inspector at the Waikaremoana lower power development scheme at Piripaua. Charles E. K. Alcock, Public Works Department engineer in charge, said that Mr. Storey had lost an eye and his ear and hand in an explosion at Otira
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1884

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September 20, 1940

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Wairoa, Hawke's Bay New Zealand
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The Mercury, Hobart. 7th October 1940. STOREY. - In New Zealand, on September 20 1940, Charles D. W. Storey, youngest son of Capt. and Mrs. R. Storey, late of Colebrook, Tasmania, beloved husband of Cassie Gould and loving father of Douglas.

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Charles Daniel William Storey lived 16 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 56.

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In 1884, in the year that Charles Daniel William Storey was born, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.

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In 1893, he was just 9 years old when on March 4th, Grover Cleveland became the 24th President of the United States. On July 1st, President Cleveland was operated on for a non-cancerous tumor in his mouth. He chose to have the operation secretly because he didn't want to worsen the financial depression that was occurring at the time.

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Charles Storey's Family Tree & Friends

Charles Storey's Family Tree

Richard Storey

Mary (Waddell) Storey 1851 - Aug 13, 1905

Richard Cameron Storey 1880 - Nov 12, 1960

Charles Daniel William Storey 1884 - Sep 20, 1940

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James Oliver Storey 1874 - 1959

Louisa Emily Storey

Marriage

Cassie Gould (Wills) Storey