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  Scremerston Colliery  Index  Scremerston Colliery  

Scremerston Colliery


  Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Berwick
2½ miles [4 km] SSE of Berwick
Map Ref: (Sheet 75) NU004497, 55° 44' 27" N, 1° 59' 37" W
Maps: 1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Opened:
Closed: Sep 1944
Pits: Engine Pit
Jack Tar Pit
  Shaft details for Jack Tar Pit
Owners: 1820's - Robert Johnson
1830's - Robert Johnson & Co.
1840's - Carr & Co.
1860's - Johnson & Carr
1880's - Scremerston & Shoreswood Coal Co.
1890's - Scremerston Coal Co. Ltd.
1935 - Scremerston Main Collieries Ltd.
Output: 1882 - Coal (Landsale).
1888 - Coal.
1890 - Coal.
1896 - Coal: Household.
1902 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.
1914 - Coal: Household. Fireclay.
1921 - Coal: Household.
1925 - Coal: Household.
1930 - Coal: Household.
1935 - Coal: Household.
1940 - Coal: Household. (100,000 tons)
1944 - Coal: Household. Clay.
Employment:
Year Pit  Total Below Above
189615212725
190219916831
191426321647
1914Jack Tar422
1914Jack TarSuspended
Total26721849
192127520768
1921Jack TarSuspended
Total27520768
192525416886
1925Jack TarSuspended
Total25416886
193021615462
193521816751
194020017327
19441097138
1944Abandoned 9/44
  Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
Seams Worked: 1914 - Cooper Eye (Limestone Coal)
1921 - Cooper Eye (Limestone Coal)
1925 - Cooper Eye
1930 - Cooper Eye
1935 - Cooper Eye
1940 - Cooper Eye
1944 - Cooper Eye [Abandoned 9/44]
    Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Scremerston Colliery
Notes:

1944, Sep - Cooper Eye seam abandoned



  Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found


  Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

      

Charlton, Alexander, 1919, [approximate date]

      

Cockburn, John, 16 May 1867, aged 19, Hewer, fall of band

      

Davidson, Robert, 1919, [approximate date]

      

Dryden, Joseph, 24 Jun 1931, Master Shifter, drowned [More information ...]

     

Elliot, John, 12 Oct 1886, aged 21, Labourer, fell down shaft, affected by stythe, Buried: Scremerston Churchyard

      

Gibson, James R., 24 Jun 1931, Stoneman, drowned [More information ...]

     

Harbottle, John, 02 Nov 1865, aged 45

      

Hattle, William, 1939, [approximate date]

      

Hogarth, Joseph, 29 Sep 1876, (accident: 05 Jul 1876), aged 26, Sinker, struck by a stone in a sinking pit

      

Ingles, Thomas, 07 Oct 1874, aged 25, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal

     

Moffit, Robert, 07 Jun 1881, aged 56, Shifter, fell from cage down shaft [More information ...]

     

Sanderson, John, 21 Nov 1877, aged 20, Hewer, fall of coal while kirving, Buried: Scremerston Churchyard

     

Smith, John, 20 Feb 1865, he was descending the pit in the cage when he put his head out and died instantly after he struck the side., Buried: Scremerston Churchyard

      

Wilson, James, 07 Dec 1900, aged 66, Shifter, The deceased was following his usual occupation as a shifter when he was crushed by a fall of roof. The place had just been examined and was considered safe. There was plenty of timber near at hand.

      

Wintrip, G., 13 Mar 1872, aged 22, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone

 
  15 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.

  more information on some of the fatalities shown above


The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!

Date Inspectors Remarks
02 Sep 1856 11fall of stone
25 Oct 1856 11boiler explosion, More information ...
07 May 1862 11fall of coal and band
06 Nov 1862 11death at pit heap

  Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Scremerston Colliery

  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Scremerston Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

Credits

Sources:

  • 1867 Mines Inspectors Report
  • 1869 List of Mines
  • 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C 840)
  • 1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216)
  • 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1734)
  • 1880 List of Mines
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
  • 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
  • 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a 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
  • 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1935 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.
  • 1944 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

Pictures:

  • Colliery picture provided by David Kitching

  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

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  Research Notes for Scremerston Colliery


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