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Barton Quarry (Limestone)
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| Location: | Darlington 5 miles [8 km] NE of Richmond |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ220078, 54° 27' 54" N, 1° 39' 38" W |
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| Owners: | 1910's - Barton Limestone Co. Ltd. |
| 1980's - Sherburn Stone Co. | |
| Output: | 1922 - Limestone. |
| 1984 - Limestone. | |
| Employment: | 1922 - 71 (67 below, 4 surface) |
| Notes: |  Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Barton Quarry (Limestone) |
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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!
Gibbon, Henry, 10 Dec 1912, aged 30, Bearer, skull fractured by stone projected by a shot [More information ...] | ||||||
Gibbon, Robert Matthew, 17 Feb 1914, aged 21, Brakesman, deceased was riding on the buffer of the fore-end of the front wagon of a train of six, which were being pushed round a curve, of a radius of 5½ chains, to the quarry face; the truck was derailed and travelled about 7 yards over the ballast and sleepers before it was stopped; just prior to the truck stopping deceased lost his hold and was jerked off, and falling head foremost on to the ground his neck was dislocated, and he was killed instantly; the road was apparently well laid, and no defect could he found to account for the derailment of the truck | ||||||
Hird, Thomas, 05 Jun 1912, aged 61, Quarryman, killed by being struck with a stone projected by a shot [More information ...] | ||||||
Johnson, Charles, 11 Jan 1907, aged 30, Quarryman, a stone projected by a shot of Gelignite crashed through the roof of the bait cabin in which he was sitting, and killed him [More information ...] | ||||||
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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.
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 Barton Quarry (Limestone)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Barton Quarry (Limestone)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983)
- 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 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023)
- 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey
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