Spital Tongues Colliery
| Location: |
Jesmond
1½ miles [2 km] NW of Newcastle
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| Map Ref: |
(Sheet 88) NZ236654, 54° 58' 58" N, 1° 37' 52" W |
| Opened: |
1830's |
| Closed: |
1858 |
| Sinking Started: |
Dec 1833 |
| Pits: |
 Shaft details for Spital Tongues Colliery |
| Owners: |
1850's - Edward Richardson & Co. |
| Employment: |
1854 - 0 [Working] |
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Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Spital Tongues Colliery |
Description
Disasters (5 or more killed)
None Found
Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
| | | | |  | | Blakey, Charles, 28 Oct 1842, aged 15, Putter, An inquest was held on 28 October into the death of Charles Blakey, a 15 year old putter who was crushed to death by "the falling of a 'band' between two seams of coal." [date of inquest] |
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1 name found |
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please
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with the details and we will add them to our database.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
.
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 |
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Inspectors Remarks |
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| 05 Jun 1852 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | Boiler bursting, More information ... |
| 30 Jun 1852 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | - - Killed in tunnel. The last case was a death in the tunnel leading from Spital Tongues Colliery to the River Tyne, which it was contended did not come within the province of this Act, and occasioned a correspondence with the Home Office, as absence of notice prevented me attending the inquest, which had some questionable circumstances about it |
| 16 Dec 1852 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | Examined |
| 24 Dec 1855 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | crush of tubs |
| 10 Sep 1858 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of band |
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Spital Tongues Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Spital Tongues Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1854 List of mines by T. Y. Hall, published in Vol II (1853-4) of the Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume L-R, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1887
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Industrial Locomotives of Northumberland by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1983
Related Links:
| External sites |
 | Information on the Victoria Tunnel used to carry coal to the staithes |
Further Research:
Research Notes for Spital Tongues Colliery
