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Middleton Quarry
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| Location: | 20 miles [32 km] SE of Alston |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 91, 92, OL31) NY946245, 54° 36' 56" N, 2° 5' 1" W |
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| Owners: | 1900's - Ord & Maddison Ltd. |
| 1900's - Ord & Maddison | |
| Output: | 1922 - Igneous rock. |
| Employment: | 1922 - 104 (38 below, 66 surface) |
| Notes: |  Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Middleton Quarry |
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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!
Allinson, James, 02 Dec 1901, aged 61, Assistant Blaster, A hole had been charged and fired three times, twice with gelignite, and once with powder, and it was about to be fired again with powder, but after putting in 5½ lbs. of powder the chargeman found the hole was wet, so put in 22½ lbs. of gelignite in as well as the powder, and charged, stemmed, and lighted the fuse, which should have run 11 minutes, but before this man could get out of way, the shot, by some means exploded, and he was buried under 300 tons of Whinstone, brought down by the charge, and killed [More information ...] | ||||||
Dent, John, 11 Jun 1902, aged 55, Quarryman, he was alleged to have died from blood poisoning due to an injury received while at work on April 3rd, but at the inquest the jury returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes." | ||||||
 | Gowland, Thomas Pickering, 22 Nov 1883, aged 47, Buried: St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Middleton-in-Teesdale | |||||
Hebdon, James, 13 Jun 1901, aged 19, Coupling & Uncoupling Trucks, fatally injured by his head being crushed between the side of a waggon and an upright post [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.
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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 Middleton Quarry
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Middleton Quarry
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Credits
Sources:
- 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590)
- 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- Tombstone(s) in Meadowfield Cemetery
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