	Bowthorn Colliery	Index	Bowthorn Colliery

Bowthorn Colliery

Location:	Cleator Moor 2½ miles [4 km] ESE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NY012163, 54° 31' 59" N, 3° 31' 36" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Lindow Pit
Owners:	1880s - Whitehaven Hematite Iron Co. Ltd.
	1880s - Whitehaven Hematite Iron & Steel Co.
Output:	1882 - Coal.
	1883 - Coal. Fireclay.
	1888 - Coal.
	1890 - Coal.
	1894 - Coal: Coking, Household, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 182 (134 below, 48 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

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!

						Armstrong, William, 26 Dec 1843, Stone Mason, explosion of gas
						Bishop, Henry, 01 Dec 1881, aged 25, Hewer, fall of fireclay band
						Dodd, James, 22 Dec 1810, Suffocated
						Dodd, William, 09 Jan 1815, Crushed
						Doyle, Patrick, 21 Dec 1841, aged 35, he was so seriously injured by a part of the roof falling upon him, that he only survived a few hours
						Graham, William, 13 Jul 1882, aged 54, Master Wasteman, killed by a fall of stone from roof
						Gregory, Peter, 19 Sep 1882, aged 53, Wasteman, killed by a fall of stone from roof [More information ...]
						Grindle, John, 23 Jul 1873, aged 14, Driver, overwinding [More information ...]
						Hollinger, James, 08 Jan 1879, aged 20, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal
						Johnson, Richard, 26 Jul 1894, 10:00 a.m., 4th hour of shift, aged 66, Hewer, It appears that deceased had found the roof in his working place unsafe, and when in the act of setting a prop it fell on to him [Inquest attended]
						Jolley, William James, 19 Apr 1885, (accident: 15 Apr 1885), aged 21, Hewer, fall of top coal
						Lindsay, William, 19 Sep 1882, aged 51, Wasteman, killed by a fall of stone from roof [More information ...]
						Little, Willis, 20 Aug 1841, aged 27, fell down the shaft, left a wife and children, Buried: Ennerdale Church
						McFadden, Hugh, 28 Nov 1890, aged 34, Shaftman, slipped and fell down the shaft accidentally
						McKewon, William John, 18 Apr 1879, aged 42, Hewer, fall of bandstone
						McManus, James, 03 May 1881, aged 14, Bank Foot Boy, crushed by limbers of horse
						Moor, John, 28 Jan 1881, aged 18, Hewer, fall of ice from shaft side [More information ...]
						Simm, John, 17 Oct 1877, (accident: 19 Jun 1877), aged 24, Hewer, fall of fire clay band
						Smith, Michael, 23 Jul 1873, aged 72, Hewer, overwinding [More information ...]
						Trueman, Charles, 25 Nov 1875, aged 36, Fireman, fell between cog-wheels of pumping engine

						20 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bowthorn Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1879 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2604) Where to find this report
1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760) Where to find this report
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works