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Bee Hole Colliery
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| Location: | Burnley 11½ miles [18 km] W of Bradford |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 103 Blackburn and Burnley) SD851326, 53° 47' 22" N, 2° 13' 34" W |
| Opened: | 1872 |
| Closed: | May 1935 |
| Owners: | Executors of Colonel Hargreaves |
| John Hargreaves Ltd., (Executors of) | |
| Hargreaves Collieries, Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 178 (166 below, 12 surface) |
| 1896 - 193 (179 below, 14 surface) | |
| 1900 - 189 (174 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1905 - 144 (131 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1910 - 154 (141 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1915 - 97 (84 below, 13 surface) | |
| 1923 - 106 (94 below, 12 surface) | |
| 1933 - 117 (89 below, 28 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Bing |
| 1896 - Bing | |
| 1900 - Bing | |
| 1905 - Bing | |
| 1910 - Bing | |
| 1915 - Bing, Fulledge | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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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!
 | Gardner, George, 27 Mar 1907, 3 p.m., 9th hour of shift, aged 27, Collier, Whilst taking out a full tub was ran into by a drawer also taking out a full tub, his last one. Jury held that the drawer was going out recklessly, too fast, not exercising any care to see if the road was clear | |||||
|  | Hardy, Elijah, 01 Jan 1915, aged 39, Haulage hand, Crushed by haulage rope against wheel, fractured skull | ||||
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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 page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with .
The CMHRC is available here.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bee Hole Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Bee Hole Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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