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| Location: | Whickham 10 miles [16 km] WSW of Newcastle |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ112567, 54° 54' 17" N, 1° 49' 31" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1933 map from the Colliery Engineer magazine, shows the disposition of pits in the Conset iron Co. Ltd. group and the railway links between them |
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| Owners: | 1880's - Consett Iron Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1873 - Coal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1888 - Coal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1914 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Coking, Manufacturing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seams Worked: | 1914 - Brockwell, Three Quarter, Tilley, Top and Bottom Busty, Towneley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Brockwell, Three Quarter, Tilley, Top and Bottom Busty, Towneley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1930 - Brockwell, Hutton, Main, Three Quarter, Tilley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1934 - Brockwell, Busty, Hutton, Main, Three Quarter, Tilley, Towneley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Westwood Colliery |
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| Notes: | Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Westwood Colliery |
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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!
Allen, A. G., 07 Jun 1888, aged 29, Hewer, died today from the effects of an accident caused by a fall of stone in the pit on the 18th April 1887 (over 12 months since accident took place) | ||||||
Barkess, George, 28 Jan 1921, (accident: 24 Jun 1920), aged 69, Shifter, sustained injuries to his side from a fall | ||||||
Campbell, Robert, 09 Feb 1921, (accident: 24 Jan 1921), aged 63, Waiter On, caught with lever | ||||||
Charlton, A. M., 07 Dec 1905, aged 16, Driver, trespassing in coke yard; fell down steps from bench and fractured his leg | ||||||
Forster, Jopling, 07 Nov 1894, (accident: 20 Oct 1894, 10:20 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 42, Hewer, While walking in-bye he fell and hurt his knee; erysipelas set in and he died on the 7th November | ||||||
Jones, Owen, 11 Sep 1875, aged 68, Screener, fell off screens, Chester Ward Coroner's Inquest, place: Westwood, cause: Colliery injuries caused by fall (DRO Ref: COR/C/2/388) | ||||||
Kennedy, William, 22 Jul 1885, aged 16, Driver, died from brain fever; supposed cause: the ill-treatment of a fellow workman | ||||||
 | McOlvin, William, 19 Dec 1900, aged 66, Rolleywayman, Everything points to this man having sat down by side of engine plane, about mid-way between two refuge holes, with his legs over one rail, and gone to sleep, and while in this position the empty set came in, caught, dragged him some distance, and crushed him to death., Buried: St. Ebba's Churchyard, Ebchester [More information ...] | |||||
Melia, Philip, 03 Jan 1912, aged 43, Hewer, he was going inbye to his work with two other men and, seeing the empty tubs standing at the bottom of an incline, thought it safe to pass, but he was caught by two full tubs which had run away down the incline, the breaker at the top having neglected to attach the rope to them | ||||||
Parker, Joseph, 29 Dec 1884, aged 38, Stoneman, fall of side stone while widening a station | ||||||
Pearson, William, 11 Oct 1872, aged 20, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
Ross, J., 06 Oct 1935, (accident: 04 Oct 1935), aged 21, Putter, crushed | ||||||
Seed, W., 15 Nov 1929, (accident: 11 Nov 1929), aged 25, Putter, runover | ||||||
Wallace, Hall, 09 Jan 1883, aged 18, Putter, fall of stone while putting a tub outbye; it got off the rails and drew out a prop, causing the fall | ||||||
 | White, J. W., 1917, [approximate date] | |||||
Whitefield, John R., 01 Apr 1904, (accident: 30 Mar 1904), aged 31, Blacksmith, While fixing a turntable on a gangway, a pinch he was using slipped from his hold and fell a distance of 8 feet, and stuck vertically. He fell after it, and landed with fleshy part of his thigh on the end of it. which penetrated and injured his thigh [More information ...] | ||||||
Wilkinson, John, 22 May 1896, (accident: 21 May 1896), aged 21, Stoneman, Injured about abdomen due to rupture caused while wedging. Died on the 22nd instant | ||||||
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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.
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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been
extracted from material deposited at the North East England Mining
Archive and Research Centre
(NEEMARC)
— principally the records of the Durham Miners' Association and are marked with
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Westwood Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Westwood Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1872 Mines Inspectors Report (C 840)
- 1873-4 List of Mines
- 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1499)
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078)
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429)
- 1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
- 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
- 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from a 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
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506)
- 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910)
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, 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
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 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
- 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.
- NEEMARC - Ref: NUMDA/1/6/43, D.M.A. Minutes, Circulars etc. for 1918 (two volumes: covers Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec)
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Pictures:
- Picture from the Derwentdale Local History Society web site - used with permission.
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Related Links:
| On this site | |
| | Article from Colliery Engineering (March 1933) — "The Consett Collieries" |
| | Pictures in the Gallery section of Westwwod Colliery |
| External sites | |
 | A description of the Consett Iron Works from 1892 - part of the GENUKI site for family historians |
| | Derwentdale Local History Society |
Further Reading:
- Banners of the Durham Coalfield, Norman Emery, 1998, Sutton Publishing Ltd., ISBN 0-7509-1708-3, provides a brief history of the colliery along with the history of the associated Miners Lodge Banner
Further Research:
Research Notes for Westwood Colliery
