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Acomb 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!
| | |  | | | | Callaghan, Edward, 09 Nov 1878, aged 14, Driver, crushed by tubs |
| | |  | | | | Carruthers, Daniel, 08 Apr 1880, aged 17, Putter, killed by a fall of stone |
| | |  | | | | Cooper, Frederick H. N., 13 Sep 1940, aged 39, Deputy, Inhalation of Gas |
| | |  | | | | Cowell, Ralph, 05 Apr 1884, aged 39, Deputy, killed by a fall of stone |
| | |  | | | | Crawford, Robert Stevenson, 22 Nov 1946, (accident: 20 Nov 1946), aged 63, Shifter, Gas Explosion, Buried: Parish Church, St. John Lee |
| | |  | | | | Forrest, James William, 13 May 1937, aged 15, Screener, Crushed by Tubs |
| | |  | | | | Graham, William John, 20 Jan 1934, (accident: 19 Jan 1934), aged 65, Labourer, Struck on Head |
| | |  | | | | Hall, William, 20 Jun 1867, aged 26, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | |  | | | | Hopper, John, 05 Jun 1872, (accident: 31 May 1872), aged 50, Cartman, he died in Acomb Colliery from injuries to body being accidentally run over by a cart wheel (lived 6 days) [Inquest 06 Jun 1872] |
| | |  | | | | Hutchinson, John George, 03 Nov 1919, aged 26, Putter, crushed by tub |
| | |  | | | | Lowe, Thomas, 23 Feb 1870, aged 33, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone |
| | |  | | | | Mitchinson, Thomas William, 21 Oct 1937, aged 24, Putter, Crushed by Tubs |
| | |  | | | | Nichol, James, 15 Nov 1944, (accident: 13 Nov 1944), aged 60, Stoneman, killed by a fall of stone |
| | |  | | | | Pearson, John, 28 Jul 1882, (accident: 27 Oct 1881), aged 58, Hewer, crushed by tubs on engine plane |
| | |  | | | | Thirtle, John, 21 Aug 1935, aged 23, Putter, Crushed by Tub |
| | |  | |  | | Walker, James, 27 Dec 1947, aged 26, Filler, killed by a fall of stone |
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16 names found |
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Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
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next to the name to see the web page.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Ray Ditchburn from his research into fatalities in Northumberland and are marked with
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The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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| 08 Apr 1854 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | explosion |
| 19 Dec 1854 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of stone whilst the overman was drawing props |
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Acomb Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Acomb Colliery
Credits
Sources:
- 1867 Mines Inspectors Report
- 1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456) Where to find this report
- 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1880 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2903) Where to find this report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
- 1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
- 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume A-B, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1878
- Contributions by members of the Public
- Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland
- Headstone(s) in Parish Church, St. John Lee
- Mineral Statistics for 1855 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1860 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
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