Gateshead Fell Colliery	Index	Gateshead Fell Colliery

Location:	Gateshead Fell
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Owners:	1880's - R. Foster
Output:	1882 - Coal (Landsale).
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Gateshead Fell Colliery

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None found.

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Atkinson, John W., 25 Nov 1883, aged 18, Putter, by oil lamp ; the oil, containing a large proportion of paraffin, became so much heated that it "flushed"; deceased in blowing out the flame was burnt about the face and chest
						Gardner, John, 18 May 1883, aged 34, Deputy, fall of stone and coal
						Walker, Robert, 06 Oct 1882, aged 16, Apprentice, scalded by steam from blown-out expansion valve
						3 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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