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Morrison Busty Colliery
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| Location: | Annfield Plain 8 miles [13 km] NW of Durham |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ176508, 54° 51' 6" N, 1° 43' 33" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
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| Opened: | 1927 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | 05 Oct 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pits: | East Pit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Pit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owners: | 1930's - Holmside & Southmoor Collieries Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1930 - Coal: Coking. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 - Coal: Coking. (480,000 tons) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 - Coal: Coking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 - Coal: Coking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 - Coal: Coking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 - Coal: Coking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971 - Coal: Coking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 - Coal: Coking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seams Worked: | 1930 - Bottom Busty and Top Busty, Brockwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 - Bottom Busty, Brockwell, Top Busty, Towneley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 - Bottom Busty, Brockwell, Top Busty, Towneley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 - Brockwell, Busty, Towneley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 - Brockwell, Busty, Harvey |
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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!
Bolam, C. E., 08 Nov 1944, aged 46, Filler, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Bridge, T., 05 Jun 1948, (accident: 31 May 1948), aged 55, Datal, caught by tubs | ||||||
Clough, T., 12 Aug 1943, aged 32, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Danby, George William, 11 Dec 1924, (accident: 27 Nov 1924), aged 20, Labourer, through falling whilst attempting to board a set of moving wagons | ||||||
Davison, M. T., 15 Oct 1932, (accident: 06 Oct 1932), aged 59, Stoneman, fall of stone, died from injuries received | ||||||
Douglas, Jack, Mar 1966, aged 40, buried alive in underground coal hopper [approximate date etc.] | ||||||
Fawcett, R., 23 Aug 1929, aged 56, Screens, fell | ||||||
Fenwick, T., 17 Feb 1938, (accident: 14 Feb 1938), aged 48, Deputy, struck head | ||||||
Flynn, J., 05 Jul 1938, aged 53, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Garmon, Michael, 09 Sep 1927, aged 34, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Guy, J. W., 14 Jun 1945, aged 50, Digger, runover by tubs | ||||||
Hall, R., 22 Jan 1929, aged 70, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
 | Harrison, Joseph, 22 Feb 1929, aged 40, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Municipal Cemetery, Stanley | |||||
 | Hodgson, William, 18 Dec 1964, aged 44, died form injuries received, Buried: Burnopfield Cemetery | |||||
Howey, G. H., 18 Feb 1936, aged 19, Haulage, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Keoghan, A. C., 06 Feb 1947, aged 46, Filler, runover by tubs | ||||||
King, George H., 28 Apr 1922, aged 55, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Lee, T., 21 Oct 1944, (accident: 22 Sep 1936), aged 40, Putter, fractured spine | ||||||
 | Martin, Robert, 13 Jan 1953, aged 62, Datal Hand, he was found dead under a set of tubs on the rolleyway in the Busty Seam | |||||
Palmer, George, Mar 1964, aged 27, [approximate date] | ||||||
| Robinson, Ralph Rumney, 08 Oct 1936, aged 58, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: Harelaw Cemetery (new) | |||||
Smith, W. A., 03 May 1945, aged 15, Screens, runaway wagons | ||||||
| Todd, Robert, 24 Jun 1940, aged 25, Hewer, fall of stone, address: 74 Fourth St, South Moor, Stanley [More information ...] | |||||
Tweddle, J. W., 10 Dec 1939, aged 49, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
White, John, 17 Dec 1943, (accident: 16 Sep 1943), aged 28, Digger, fall of stone, died from injuries received at RVI Newcastle | ||||||
Wilson, Gilbert, 10 May 1956, aged 53, killed by a fall of stone, address: 5 West View Gardens, Stanley [More information ...] | ||||||
| 27 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 Morrison Busty Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Morrison Busty Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1947 The Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1970 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1971 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1972 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1973 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- Contributions by members of the Public
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).
- Tombstone(s) in Old Cemetery, Harelaw
- TOMB_B11
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Article from Colliery Engineering (November 1928) regarding the Morrison Busty Pits |
| | Pictures in the Gala section of the Lodge Banner at the Miners' Gala |
Further Reading:
- Collieries of Durham (Volume 2), David Temple, TUPS Books, ISBN 1-901237-01-X
- 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 Morrison Busty Colliery
