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Widdrington Colliery
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| Location: | Widdrington 11½ miles [18 km] SSE of Alnwick |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 81) NZ239959, 55° 15' 24" N, 1° 37' 26" W |
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| Pits: | Isabella Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NZ237957 |
 Shaft details for Isabella Pit |
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| Sisters Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NZ242958, sinking: 1873 | |
| Shaft details for Sisters Pit |
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| Owners: | 1860's - William Barkus |
| 1880's - Widdrington Coal Co. | |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal. |
| 1888 - Coal. | |
| 1890 - Coal. | |
| 1896 - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1902 - Coal: Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 242 (197 below, 45 surface) |
| 1902 - 218 (175 below, 43 surface) | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1955)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Widdrington Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1911 - Beaumont, Yard, Five Quarter, Main seams abandoned |
| Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Widdrington 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!
Anderson, Thomas, 26 Jun 1871, Labourer, caught by fly wheel of pumping engine | ||||||
Beal, James, 19 Dec 1876, (accident: 15 Dec 1876), aged 22, Deputy, explosion of gunpowder | ||||||
Brown, John, 12 May 1884, aged 38, Weighman, struck on head by horse | ||||||
Crawford, John, 1899, Shifter, He had been suffering from lung disease for some time, died suddenly in the pit, through the rupture of a blood vessel. The evidence tended to show that death was due to natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a colliery accident] | ||||||
Drysdale, Robert, 08 May 1882, aged 52, Hewer, fall of band stone | ||||||
Gibson, James, 22 Nov 1882, aged 35, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone from roof | ||||||
Hogg, George, 07 Oct 1891, 9:10 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 58, Heap Keeper, he was lowering some empty waggons from under the screen to a new pit, and by some means was crushed [Inspection made] | ||||||
Kirkup, Robert, 13 May 1876, (accident: 05 May 1876), aged 25, Waggon Trimmer, crushed by a truck | ||||||
McGeary, Thomas Reuben Gibson, 24 Aug 1910, aged 18, Putter, killed by a fall of stone | ||||||
 | Patterson, Robert, 30 Sep 1870, aged 15, Pony Putter, crushed between tubs and prop | |||||
Spowait, George Jr., 05 Nov 1898, aged 23, Hewer, He was engaged filling coals from a shot in the bottom part of the seam. without taking the precaution of setting timber, when a large piece of the intervening band stone fell. There was plenty of loose timber close at hand [Inspection made & inquest attended] | ||||||
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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.
For those names marked we have
a digital photograph of the tombstone, see the information page
for further details.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Widdrington Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Widdrington Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1869 List of Mines
- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456)
- 1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1734)
- 1880 List of Mines
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621)
- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429)
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, 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.
- 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, 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
- 1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines, copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
- 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), 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.
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676)
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume U-Z, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1897
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