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Brayton Knowle Colliery
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| Location: | Baggrow |
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| Opened: | |
| Closed: | 1918 |
| Owners: | 1900's - Allerdale Coal Co. Ltd. |
| Output: | 1902 - Coal: Household. |
| 1914 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1902 - 35 (19 below, 16 surface) |
| 1914 - 164 (119 below, 45 surface) | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Yard Band |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Brayton Knowle Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1903, 14 Oct - Yard Band seam abandoned - Increase of water |
1918 - Yard seam abandoned |
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1932 - Yard, Thirty Inch, Master seams abandoned |
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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!
Ball, George Frederick, 03 Apr 1902, aged 19, Sinker, the deceased and his father were engaged in sinking a small shaft which had reached a depth of 15 fathoms ; after lighting two shots they were being drawn to bank in a small "kibble" and when about 10 fathoms up the deceased by some means fell out ; he was probably killed by the fall ; the shots went off as the father was getting out of the kibble at the surface, and it was with difficulty that he was prevented from descending before the shots had exploded | ||||||
Douglas, Harrison, Jul 1915, aged 69, Miner, died from injuries received, fall of roof | ||||||
Murphy, David, 15 Aug 1910, aged 20, Wagon Trimmer, crushed by wagons | ||||||
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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.
Many of the fatalities for Brayton Domain Colliery were kindly provided by Terry Carrick.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590)
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676)
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- Contributions by members of the Public
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