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Follonsby Colliery
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| Location: | White Mare Pool 3½ miles [6 km] ESE of Newcastle |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ306620, 54° 57' 6" N, 1° 31' 20" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1947 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Opened: | 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | 08 Aug 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owners: | 1911 - John Bowes & Partners Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1940's - Washington Coal Co. Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1921 - Coal: Gas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Coal: Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Coal: Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 - Coal: Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927 - Coal: Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929 - Coal: Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Coal: Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934 - Coal: Coking, Gas. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Beaumont, Hutton, Low Main, Maudlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Beaumont, Hutton, Low Main, Maudlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Beaumont, Low Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Beaumont, Hutton, Low Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 - Beaumont, Hutton, Low Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929 - Beaumont, Hutton, Low Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Beaumont, Hutton, Low Main [Temporarily Closed 5/4/30] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934 - Beaumont, Busty, Low Main | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Follonsby Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1911 - Colliery started sinking - to replace Wardley Colliery |
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1939-40 - Colliery closed |
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1942 - Colliery reopened |
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1959 - Wardley Colliery reopened and merged with Follonsby Colliery, original Wardley Colliery shafts now known as Wardley No.2 and Wardley No. 3 shafts - Follonsby Colliery shaft known as Wardley No. 1, also linked with Usworth via underground loco road |
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| Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Follonsby 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, W., 29 Nov 1932, (accident: 18 Nov 1932), aged 63, Banksman, died from injuries received | ||||||
Brown, Thomas, 13 Jul 1921, aged 47, Shifter, killed in a fall of stone; compensation of £300 was awarded | ||||||
Cowell, Thomas, 04 Jul 1923, aged 16, Greaser, crushed to death, compensation of £38.10s was awarded | ||||||
Edwards, J., 20 Mar 1930, aged 30, Filler, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
 | Knapper, Samuel, 21 Aug 1934, (accident: 20 Aug 1934), aged 49, Hewer, fall of stone, compensation of ú338 2s. awarded, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth | |||||
Maddison, Thomas, 28 Jul 1914, aged 16, Rope Lad [More information ...] | ||||||
Moore, William Gates, 09 Jan 1909, aged 35, Sinker, explosion of gelignite in cabin on pit heap | ||||||
 | Newton, George, 13 Jun 1920, (accident: 31 Dec 1919), aged 55, Datal, struck by stone thrown by boys at the pit | |||||
Peverley, William, 23 Mar 1926, aged 21, Coal Cutter, crushed by tubs | ||||||
Smith, Edward, 27 Nov 1927, aged 17, Winchman, crushed | ||||||
| Smith, Frederick Edmund, 06 Aug 1931, aged 28, Fore Overman, he was pinned beneath a fall of stone in the Beaumont seam, 2½ miles from the shaft. Rescue operations continued for 14 hours, but it proved impossible to dislodge a large stone which held Smith and his pony. The doctor managed to reach him and gave him an injection of morphia, but he died before he could be removed. 'It was thought the pony, which was coming off its shift, had become wedged between the low roof and the ground, and as it attempted to free itself it scrubbed the roof and brought down stone.' Smith had obtained his surveyor's certificate at Bedlington Colliery and later worked at Kibblesworth and Follonsby, where he was working his time to qualify for the manager's certificate | |||||
 | Smyth, Clark, 30 Jun 1910, aged 31, Sinker, a fatal accident occurred at the new Follonsby pit at Wardley when one of the sinkers, Clark Smith, who was residing at Pelaw, was caught in a fall of stone; three others were seriously injured, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth | |||||
Weallans, James, 11 Nov 1926, (accident: 08 Jan 1915), aged 35, Labourer, crushed | ||||||
| Wealleans, Thomas, 29 Aug 1923, aged 24, Hewer, killed in a fall of stone, compensation of £160 awarded, Buried: St. Mary's Churchyard/Cemetery, Heworth | |||||
| 14 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.
For those names marked we have
a digital photograph of the tombstone, see the information page
for further details.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) 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 Follonsby Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Follonsby Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177)
- 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.
- 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023)
- 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.
- 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.
- 1929 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.
- 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
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Related Links:
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Further Reading:
- 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 Follonsby Colliery
