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Inkerman Colliery
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| Location: | Tow Law 10 miles [16 km] W of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ112396, 54° 45' 7" N, 1° 49' 31" W |
| Opened: | 1873 |
| Closed: | |
| Sinking Started: | 1873 |
| Pits: |  Shaft details for Inkerman Colliery |
| Owners: | 1860's - Ferens & Love |
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. |
| 1902 - Coal: Coking, Household. | |
| Employment: | 1882 - 0 [Standing] |
| 1902 - 0 [Standing] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Inkerman Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1873 - Inkermann Colliery, Dan's Castle Royalty, was sunk from the surface to the Main Coal or Brockwell Seam. |
1874 - Brockwell seam abandoned |
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1881, May - Ballarat seam abandoned |
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1886 - Main and Five Quarter seam 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!
Bell, John, 09 Apr 1868, aged 39, Horse Driver, crushed between waggons at bank | ||||||
 | Bradwell, Robert James, 12 Jan 1934, aged 48, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
 | Graham, John William, 04 Nov 1941, aged 16, died in the Mossy Burn Drift; he had been driving four full tubs from the flat to the landing, some time later he was discovered with his head wedged between the caunch side and the first tub; he had suffered serious injuries and died before he could be got to the surface, Buried: Tow Law Cemetery | |||||
Pearce, Robert, 19 May 1881, aged 20, Joiner, while he was being lowered down an old shaft the winch got out of gear, and he was precipitated to the bottom; the winch was a very bad one and sadly out of repair [More information ...] | ||||||
Platt, William, 26 Oct 1866, aged 51, Stone Worker, fall of stone after blasting | ||||||
Spark, John, 02 Aug 1879, (accident: 29 Jul 1879), aged 37, Deputy, severe injuries by fall of stone while drawing a jud | ||||||
Walters, George, 16 Dec 1870, Joiner, got entangled with rope on engine | ||||||
Willis, John, 29 Jan 1876, aged 13, Trapper, crushed between his door and a set of tubs | ||||||
| 8 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.
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 Inkerman Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Inkerman Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1866 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124)
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1734)
- 1879 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2604)
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume F-K, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1885
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Tombstone(s) in Tow Law Cemetery
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
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 Inkerman Colliery
