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Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery
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| Location: | Walbottle 5 miles [8 km] WNW of Newcastle |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ175664, 54° 59' 31" N, 1° 43' 35" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian) |
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| Opened: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed: | 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owners: | 1910's - Throckley Coal Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1902 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NCB Employment Figures
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| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Main Coal, Stone Coal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Main Coal, Stone Coal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Brockwell, Hutton, Low Main, Main, Stone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 - Engine, Hodge, Main, Stone, Three Quarters, Tilley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 - Three Quarter, Tilley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 - Three Quarter, Tilley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1934, 08 Mar - Hutton 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!
Bell, George, 1915, [approximate date] | ||||||
Charlton, Edmund John, 21 Oct 1950, Foreman Joiner, he and others were working on either the pit cage or the pit shaft and, in order to carry out the job, they had to remove the cage from the shaft. The cage was placed adjacent to the shaft but apparently was not secured for whilst the men were working it unexpectedly moved, hit Mr. Charlton, and knocked him into the pit shaft. He fell over 400 feet to his death. | ||||||
James, John, 1917, [approximate date] | ||||||
Killen, J., 1919, [approximate date] | ||||||
Lawson, John, 1918, aged 15, [approximate date] | ||||||
Nixon, Matthew, 23 Sep 1908, aged 31, Hewer, fall of side stone at working place | ||||||
Oakes, William Henry, 22 Mar 1911, aged 27, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Rigg, Anthony Dagg, 01 Apr 1952, died of a heart attack whilst hewing coal | ||||||
Robson, John William, 09 Feb 1911, aged 39, Deputy, struck by stone from shot | ||||||
Sewell, James, 1923, [approximate date] | ||||||
Watson, William, 1917, [approximate date] | ||||||
Wilson, Frederick Devereaux, 1919, [approximate date] | ||||||
| 12 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.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672)
- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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.
- 1930 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.
- 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.
- 1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- 1956 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- Contributions by members of the Public
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