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Blackett Colliery
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| Location: | Haltwhistle 11 miles [17 km] N of Alston |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 86, 87, OL43) NY720638, 54° 58' 5" N, 2° 26' 15" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| Closed: | Mar 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owners: | 1880's - Blackett Colliery Co. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890's - Blackett Coal Co. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1900's - Blackett & South Tyne Collieries Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1888 - Coal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890 - Coal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Gas, Household. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Little Limestone Coal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Little Limestone Coal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Little Limestone Coal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Little Limestone Coal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 - Little Limestone Coal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927 - Little Limestone [Abandoned 3/27] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes: | Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Blackett Colliery |
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Description
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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!
Bell, Thomas, 1913, [approximate date] | ||||||
Brown, Robert, 1923, [approximate date] | ||||||
Forster, Frederick, 27 Nov 1895, 7:15 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 22, Hewer, in a place which the deputy had twice during the shift passed as safe, the deceased was working, when some stone fell from "slips" in the roof and crushed him | ||||||
 | Philipson, John, 20 Mar 1883, aged 42, Miner, fall of roof while; he was engaged filling a waggon at face of level a heavy fall suddenly took place, Buried: St. Peter's Churchyard, Sparty Lea | |||||
Robinson, J. William, 16 Feb 1897, aged 19, Stoneman, Fall of stone. The chargeman and the deceased had been working together, shot firing &c. when the former had to go and visit other men leaving Robinson to rid or clear the shots. Before leaving he examined the place. On his return he found a stone had fallen from "jacks" and "greasy partings" and caught the deceased [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Teesdale, Harland, 24 Jul 1894, 12:00 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 28, Shunter, Deceased was shunting waggons with a horse, and on trying to pass between the buffers when the waggons were too close, was caught and crushed [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Wilkinson, William, 31 Oct 1911, aged 26, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Wilson, Thomas Henry, 27 Aug 1906, aged 54, Deputy, Deceased and his marrow were laying plates in a rolleyway when he complained of pain in the region of his heart. He rested and then recommenced work, but again feeling the pain prepared to go home, when he suddenly collapsed and died. There was no suggestion of any accident. An inquest was held, at which medical evidence was given that he had been attended for pleurisy and pericarditis, and that death was due to heart disease, and so the jury found. | ||||||
Wright, John P., 1909, [approximate date] | ||||||
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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.
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next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Blackett Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Blackett Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, 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.
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- Industrial Locomotives of Northumberland by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1983
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