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Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery
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| Location: | Throckley 6½ miles [10 km] W of Newcastle |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ154658, 54° 59' 12" N, 1° 45' 32" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
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| Opened: | 1867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | Jan 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sinking Started: | 25 Apr 1867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pits: | Shaft details for Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery |
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| Owners: | 1867 - Throckley Coal Co. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1950 - Coal: Bunker, Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1950 - Brockwell, Hodge, Main, Stone, Three Quarter, Tilley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954 - Brockwell, Hodge, Stone, Three Quarter, Tilley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1933, 29 May - Victoria seam abandoned |
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1934, 08 Mar - Engine or Beaumont or Towneley seam abandoned |
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1950 - Main seam discontinued |
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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!
 | Carr, Thomas, 15 Sep 1947, aged 44, Buried: St. Michael & All Angels, Newburn | |||||
Charlton, James, 13 Jun 1913, aged 37, Hewer, deceased was working near the gate end in a longwall place, when a fall of stone came away from two nearly parallel slips, 2 feet to 4 feet wide, between the edge of the canch and the coal face | ||||||
Cockburn, George, 01 Sep 1913, aged 20, Putter, whilst deceased was attaching his pony to a full tub, a hewer was attempting to set a prop which had been knocked out from underneath the face plank by an overcharged shot, when a stone about 9 feet wide, 7 feet long, and 15 inches thick, fell on to deceased; when deceased was released, he had his left arm round a prop, which possibly had been loosened by the flying coal from the shot and came out when he touched it in getting past the tub or in helping the pony to start | ||||||
Miller, Joseph, 12 Jan 1914, aged 49, Stoneman, Deceased was engaged getting down a canch in a drift. The master shifter had told him to get down a "side waver" because it was unsafe. Deceased tried to do so with a wedge, and failed. He afterwards went underneath to knock a prop out further inbye, when the stone fell and killed him. Deceased should have set a prop temporarily. | ||||||
Thompson, A. E., 1919, [approximate date] | ||||||
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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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1913 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023)
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894
- Tombstone(s) in St. Michael & All Angels Churchyard, Newburn
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Related Links:
None found
Further Reading:
- Collieries of Northumberland (Volume 1), James T. Tuck, 1993, TUPS Ltd., ISBN 1-871518-08-3
