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	Berwick Hill Colliery	Index	Berwick Hill Colliery

Location:	nr. Berwick 2 miles [3 km] S of Berwick-upon-Tweed
Map Ref:	(Sheet 75) NT993500, 55° 44' 39" N, 2° 0' 40" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Isabella Pit
	Shaft details for Isabella Pit
Owners:	1830s - Berwick Hill Co.
	1860s - Scremerston & Shoreswood Coal Co.

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!

						Aitchison, John, 08 Dec 1822, Weighman, fell down shaft
						Drysdale, John, 14 Jan 1866, aged 47, Miner, Fell Down Shaft
						Johnson, Alex, 06 Jul 1833, passing an area where props were being removed when a large stone fell on him, left a widow and young family [date of report]
						Reid, John, 01 Jun 1839, aged 24, hit by a fall of stones from the roof of the seam, left a widow and child, his brother was also hurt but recovered [date of report]
						Rutherford, Peter, 06 Nov 1824, crushed by falling rock and died four days later [date of report]
						Selkirk, William, 28 Nov 1829, aged 29, when ascending by chain, he tried to avoid the descending tub and fell off, left a wife and two children [date of report]
						Smart, Catherine, 16 Jan 1830, aged 11, [Not Employed], daughter of the colliery engineman, after bringing her father his lunch she became entangled in the rope lowering the wagons and was pulled into the drum and strangled [date of report]
						Spowart, George, 03 Mar 1832, aged 65, hit by a quantity of stone falling on him that broke his thigh and killed him [date of report]
						Taylor, Robert, 08 Nov 1828, aged 24, Banksman, lowered in basket which became entangled, got out of basket to free it and fell, died two hours later [date of report]
						9 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.

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 kindly provided by Ray Ditchburn from his research into fatalities in Northumberland and are marked with .

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by by the pupils of Longridge Towers School from their course work on the Industrial Revolution and are marked with .

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Date							Inspectors Remarks
14 May 1860	–	–	–	–	1	1	engine plane underground

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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