William Chamley (together with Robert McAllister) was one of the two miners
w ho were killed at Seddonville.  The cause of his death was given as:
"suffocation caused by a fall of coal in the Glasgow Mine due to earthquake"

He had been born in England c1871 and had lived in New Zealand for 50 years. 
He left a widow, Agnes Johnston Chamley, and four girls. He was buried in the
Mokihinui Cemetery where the inscription on his grave stone states: 

"WILLIAM CHAMLEY
accidentally killed 17 June 1929"