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Park House (Iron Ore)
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| Location: | Bigrigg |
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| Owners: | 1900's - Chas. Cammell & Co. Ltd. |
| 1900's - Cammel Laird & Co. Ltd. | |
| 1910's - Workington Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. | |
| 1920's - United Steel Cos. Ltd., (Workington Iron & Steel Branch) | |
| Output: | 1896 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). |
| 1902 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). | |
| 1914 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). | |
| 1921 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). | |
| 1923 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). | |
| 1924 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). | |
| 1925 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). | |
| 1927 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite). | |
 Detailed Mineral Statistics for Park House (Iron Ore) |
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| Employment: | 1896 - 54 (46 below, 8 surface) |
| 1902 - 58 (49 below, 9 surface) | |
| 1914 - 422 (365 below, 57 surface) | |
| 1921 - 62 (33 below, 29 surface) | |
| 1923 - 118 (82 below, 36 surface) | |
| 1924 - 134 (96 below, 38 surface) | |
| 1925 - 144 (102 below, 42 surface) | |
| 1927 - 7 |
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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!
Hooper, Edward, 03 Jul 1878, aged 25, Miner, explosion of dynamite | ||||||
Nevinson, Joseph Henry, 10 Oct 1912, aged 40, Sinker, the accident occurred in a sinking shaft during timbering operations; the empty tackle had been sent away and a portion of it, owing to careless attachment, fell back down the shaft and struck deceased on the head | ||||||
Pierce, Thomas, 14 May 1878, aged 20, Miner, explosion of dynamite | ||||||
Skeyse, John, 11 Mar 1895, (accident: 21 Feb 1895, 1:00 a.m., 3rd hour of shift), aged 40, Miner, shot explosion (gelatine dynamite); he was driving a jumper through the stemming, believing that the charge had exploded, and blown into a "lough" or cavity [More information ...] | ||||||
 | Woodburn, Robert, 19 Jun 1920, aged 53, Miner, killed by an accidental fall of ore in his working place, address: 13 Chapel Street, Bigrigg, Egremont [Inquest: 19 Jun 1920 & 23 Jun 1920] | |||||
| 5 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.
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next to the name to see the web page.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321)
- 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 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
- Contributions by members of the Public
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