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Bowburn Colliery
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| Location: | Bowburn 3½ miles [6 km] SE of Durham |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ304379, 54° 44' 6" N, 1° 31' 40" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1898 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
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| Opened: | 1906 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | 22 Jul 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pits: | Upcast Pit, locn: (Sheet 93) NZ307380 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owners: | 1906 - Bell Bros (sank the second Bowburn Colliery) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923, Apr - Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1914 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Coal: Coking. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (575,352 tons) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Industrial. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Busty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Busty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Busty, Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey, Hutton, Low Main, Tilley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey, Hutton, Low Main, Tilley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey, Hutton, Low Main, Tilley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey, Tilley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes: | - There were two collieries, the first sunk by William Hedley and the second sunk in 1906 by Bell Brothers. |
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2006 - The colliery site has been redeveloped into an industrial estate. |
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| Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Bowburn Colliery |
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Description
At Bowburn Colliery the Busty, Beaumont and Harvey seams are worked, the first two being coking coals. From the three seams the output is 2,900 tons a day, and it is worthy of note that 60 per cent. of the output is from seams of 2 ft. or less in thickness. About 75 per cent, of the coal is machine won. It is in this pit that a pneumatic suction plant is in service for handling the coal from the winning headings.
In 1931-2 the surface plant was entirely reconstructed, a new washing plant consisting of a Baum washer of 135 tons per hr. and new grading and classifying screens were installed. The washer is designed to produce smalls, singles and doubles, the last two named going for gas and domestic use.
Iron & Coal Trades Review 1937
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Allison, John, 29 Sep 1930, aged 29, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. Mary's Parish Church, Coxhoe | |||||
Allison, Stephen, 15 Feb 1933, (accident: 13 Jan 1933), aged 18, died at Durham County Hospital from internal injuries sustained in the Busty Seam, he had been caught by a tub and crushed against an upright girder to which the rope drum was fixed | ||||||
| Barlow, Scott, 04 Jun 1934, aged 26, Cutter, electrocuted, Buried: St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe [More information ...] | |||||
| Bateson, William Joseph, 28 Feb 1947, aged 29, Driller, electrocuted, Buried: St. Mary's Parish Church, Coxhoe | |||||
Bell, James Beattie, 26 May 1948, (accident: 04 May 1948), aged 47, Filler, hernia (open) | ||||||
Blackburn, Sidney, 09 Mar 1948, aged 22, Bankhand, Fell Down Shaft | ||||||
| Blythe, Joseph, 03 May 1943, aged 57, Shifter, caught by set, Buried: Meadowfield Cemetery | |||||
| Bryan, Edwin, 30 Nov 1951, aged 53, Buried: Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill | |||||
 | Bryden, Hugh, 14 Jun 1956, aged 18 | |||||
Bunce, Joseph, 09 Feb 1953, aged 44, Buried: Coxhoe Churchyard | ||||||
| Calder, Thomas Charlton, 02 May 1966, aged 50 | |||||
| | Carter, Ralph M., 28 May 1956, aged 49, Buried: Belmont Parish Cemetery | ||||
| Connaughton, George, 17 Nov 1934, (accident: 29 Jan 1934), aged 36 | |||||
| Corner, Thomas, 11 Nov 1964, aged 50, Buried: Bowburn Cemetery | |||||
| Cowings, William, 30 May 1932, (accident: 17 May 1932), aged 58, Onsetter, crushed by tubs, Buried: St. Mary's Parish Church, Coxhoe | |||||
| Cowley, Adam H., 12 May 1966, aged 60 | |||||
Cranston, Edward, 06 Nov 1923, (accident: 27 Oct 1923), aged 15, Driver, crushed | ||||||
| Crossley, Fred W., 18 Mar 1948, aged 42, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
| Ellerby, James Lawrence, 20 Feb 1962, aged 50 | |||||
Ferguson, Joseph, 27 Jun 1912, aged 17, Rope Lad, he was employed on an endless rope haulage system, with the rope over the tubs, his duty being to attach and detach the tubs to the rope; by some means (probably he was swaying on the rope) his waistcoat got fast in the rope and he was carried up against a guide sheave 7 feet 6 inches above the floor level | ||||||
| Gibson, William Dennis, 23 May 1944, aged 18, Hoist Lad, Explosion | |||||
| Halliday, John A., 16 May 1946, aged 20 | |||||
Hepple, Benjamin, 20 May 1923, (accident: 29 Mar 1923), aged 57, Stoneman, blow on head | ||||||
Hewison, Richard, 21 Jun 1944, (accident: 01 Jun 1944), aged 45, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Hogg, George T., 18 Jan 1947, (accident: 27 Jan 1944), aged 59, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
| Hutchinson, John William, 02 Sep 1958, aged 41, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cornforth | |||||
| Hutchinson, Joseph, 01 Dec 1938, aged 43, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cornforth | |||||
Kendle, Thomas William, 07 Nov 1939, aged 21, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin, Sherburn | ||||||
Knight, James W., 28 Nov 1946, (accident: 14 Dec 1944), aged 61, Filler, runaway tram | ||||||
| Lawson, James, 30 Jan 1935, (accident: 29 Jan 1935), aged 46, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Rock Road Cemetery, Spennymoor | |||||
| Marr, Michael Richard, 23 Dec 1938, aged 21, Suction Plant, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Metal Bridge Cemetery | |||||
| | Milburn, George ('Mick'), 20 May 1963, aged 42, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Bowburn Cemetery | ||||
| Moore, Robert, 13 Oct 1933, aged 14, Belt Boy, crushed by belt, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cornforth [More information ...] | |||||
| Morgan, William, 07 Apr 1952, aged 49 | |||||
| Morton, Henry, 09 Jul 1952, aged 25, Buried: St. Lawrence Churchyard, Pittington | |||||
| Pennock, John, 12 Jul 1935, (accident: 25 Jun 1935), aged 19, Putter, he sustained a fractured spine when he was caught by a fall of stone in the Harvey Seam; he subsequently died from his injuries in Durham County Hospital, Buried: Quarrington Churchyard | |||||
| Peverall, William, 02 Aug 1962, aged 48 | |||||
| Platts, Joseph, 14 Dec 1935, aged 51, Cutter, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Quarrington Churchyard | |||||
Robinson, Thomas, 18 Sep 1925, aged 27, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Rose, John T., 26 Jan 1948, (accident: 15 Oct 1936), aged 39, Cutter, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Scott, William, 30 Apr 1942, aged 19, Haulage Hand, he was crushed between a girder and a full tub while attempting yo get off a set of 28 tubs on which he had been riding illegally outbye, he was taken to Durham County Hospital where he died the same night | ||||||
| Simpson, Surtees, 04 Oct 1957, aged 57, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Bowburn Cemetery | |||||
| Smallwood, Christopher, 18 May 1936, aged 51, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Ushaw Moor Cemetery [More information ...] | |||||
| Smith, Andrew, 12 Aug 1946, aged 54, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Shincliffe, St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard | |||||
Stapleton, Robert William, 16 Feb 1942, aged 43, Filler, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Shincliffe, St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard | ||||||
| Stoker, Thomas, 25 Oct 1949, aged 55 | |||||
Swainston, Nichol, 20 Dec 1939, aged 20, Datal, crushed by tubs | ||||||
Thompson, William, 17 Aug 1940, aged 55, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Watson, Joseph, 27 Sep 1944, aged 40, Hewer, fractured skull | ||||||
| Weir, Alexander, Dec 1944, aged 23, [approximate date], Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cornforth | |||||
Wheatley, William Kemp, 07 Feb 1922, aged 30, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Wilson, Naisbett, 21 Apr 1945, aged 37, Stoneman, fractured skull | ||||||
| 52 names found | ||||||
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Bowburn History Group and are marked with
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bowburn Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bowburn Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1933 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1936 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1947 The Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Profile of Dorman, Long ∓ Co. Ltd. printed in The Iron & Coal Trades Review in 1937
- Tombstone(s) and Memorial in St. Helen's Parish Church/Cemetery, Kelloe
- Tombstone(s) in Bowburn Cemetery
- Tombstone(s) in Duncombe Cemetery, Ferryhill
- Tombstone(s) in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Cornforth
- Tombstone(s) in Meadowfield Cemetery
- Tombstone(s) in Metal Bridge Cemetery
- Tombstone(s) in St. Lawrence Churchyard, Pittington
- Tombstone(s) in St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Shincliffe
- Tombstone(s) in St. Mary's Parish Church, Coxhoe
- Tombstone(s) in St. Pauls Churchyard/Cemetery (Church demolished), Quarrington Hill
Pictures:
- Colliery picture from old postcard
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section of Bowburn Colliery |
Further Reading:
- The Coal Mining and Ironstone Mining Properties of Dorman Long, published by Peter Tuffs
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3, provides a brief history of the colliery along with the history of the associated Miners Lodge Banner
Further Research:
Research Notes for Bowburn Colliery
