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Shankhouse Colliery
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| Location: | Shankhouse 9 miles [14 km] N of Newcastle |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ277780, 55° 5' 46" N, 1° 33' 53" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1932 map from the Colliery Engineer magazine, shows the disposition of pits in the Hartley Main group and the railway links between them |
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| Owners: | 1890's - Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 1929 - Hartley Main Collieries Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1896 - Coal: Steam. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Coal: Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929 - Coal: Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Coal: Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - High Main, Main Coal, Yard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Main Coal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929 - High Main, Low Main, Main, Yard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - High Main, Main, Yard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934 - Five Quarter, Low Main, Main, Yard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Shankhouse Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1937, 12 Oct - High Main seam abandoned |
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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!
 | Boundy, David, 12 Apr 1881, aged 29, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone, Buried: St. Nicholas, Cramlington | |||||
Hicks, Harry, 02 Sep 1873, aged 15, Putter, killed by a fall of stone, his father (William) was killed in the High Pit in 1869, Buried: St. Nicholas, Cramlington | ||||||
Nicholls, Richard, 05 Jun 1897, aged 44, Deputy, The fore shift men had left the place in a safe condition and their deputy specially looked at it. The deceased, in the next shift, on going his rounds, was either jowling or preparing to set props when the stone suddenly fell on him. It fell from between a small hitch running at an angle along the face and a parting at one side [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Northey, William, 10 Jan 1866, aged 41, fall of stone, left a wife and six children [More information ...] | ||||||
Williams, William, 30 Oct 1896, aged 15, Driver, He was found dead in front of a set of tubs on the main horse road, and it is supposed he fell from the top of the front tub and was killed [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
Worth, Stephen, 1929, [approximate date] | ||||||
| 6 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.
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!
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| 13 Nov 1855 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Shankhouse Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Shankhouse Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), 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.
- 1929 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.
- 1934 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.
- Contributions by members of the Public
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Newspaper articles |
| | Article from Colliery Engineering (March 1932) regarding the Collieries owned by Hartley Main Collieries Limited |
| | Article from Colliery Engineering (April 1932) regarding the Collieries owned by Hartley Main Collieries Limited |
| | Article from Colliery Engineering (May 1933) — "Double-Drum Winders" |
