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Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone)
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| Location: | Ferryhill 6 miles [10 km] SE of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 93) NZ340353, 54° 42' 41" N, 1° 28' 20" W |
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| Pits: |  Shaft details for Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone) |
| Owners: | ???? - Raisby Hill Limestone Co. Ltd. |
| 1980's - Raisby Quarries Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1922 - Dolomite, Limestone. |
| 1984 - Limestone. | |
| Employment: | 1922 - 118 (115 below, 3 surface) |
| Notes: | Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone) |
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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!
Gavin, Patrick, 01 May 1903, aged 23, Quarryman, when levering some stone off at a "crack" in the rock the pinch bar slipped, and caused him to fall off his post to the bottom of the quarry, a distance of 70 feet, and to be killed [More information ...] | ||||||
 | Laydon, Peter, 16 Jan 1911, aged 22 [More information ...] | |||||
Mann, Richard, 24 Jun 1909, aged 40, Quarryman, Burnt by an explosion of gunpowder when pouring it into a hole which he had "cracked" some few minutes previously [More information ...] | ||||||
McCullep, John, 09 Apr 1904, (accident: 08 Apr 1904), aged 49, Quarryman, fatally injured by a fall of stone on to his right leg from the side of the post near which he was working, owing to there being a thread or parting behind it, died the following day at Durham Hospital | ||||||
McCutcheon, Hugh, 04 May 1900, aged 50, Quarryman, Compressed fracture of skull frontal bone by a blow from a stone thrown by a powder shot from post 60 yards away. Died same day. | ||||||
 | McGowen, Farrel, 23 May 1907, aged 47, Quarryman, he was struck by a fall of stone from a back, and swept off the ledge on which he was working into the quarry bottom, Buried: Metal Bridge Cemetery [More information ...] | |||||
Robson, Henry, 06 Aug 1900, aged 28, Coal Hewer, While trespassing he fell over quarry edge to a post below, a distance of 90 feet. He was not employed at the quarry and to get to the top of the quarry had to cross a fence erected to protect it. | ||||||
Roche, Michael, 04 Mar 1903, aged 26, Quarryman, in jumping back to escape a fall of baring whilst working on a post, he fell over into the quarry to the bottom, a distance of 128 feet, and was killed [More information ...] | ||||||
Webb, John, 07 Oct 1905, aged 33, Quarryman, stone projected from a shot; skull fractured | ||||||
Webb, John, 12 Aug 1913, aged 49, Quarryman, deceased and another workman went to work early in the morning to blast down a large quantity of limestone before the general body of the men arrived; everything was properly carried out and the charge fired; the men then ascended to the top of the quarry and went some 140 yards away along the edge of the face so that they might see the effect of the shot; when the charge, which was 48 lbs. of gunpowder in a vertical hole 13 feet 6 inches deep, exploded, a small stone was projected with great force and struck deceased upon the head, killing him instantly; the men could have obtained proper shelter in a cabin in the quarry, and in any case should have retired from the face edge | ||||||
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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.
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 page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre
and are marked with , further details
may be obtained by contacting Ian by email at
ian.winstanley@blueyonder.co.uk
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 Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506)
- 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910)
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1909 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5177)
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1984 Directory of Mines & Quarries published by The British Geological Survey
- Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977
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Related Links:
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Further Research:
Research Notes for Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone)
