William Mitchell
Role: Hoist boy
Year of birth: 1908
Date of death: 08 Feb 1923
Cause of death: 1923 disaster
Age at death: 16
William Mitchell was working as a hoist boy at the No. 4 mine when, on February 8th, 1923, a gas explosion tore through the mine. William's body was the first to be recovered from the mines after the disaster.