	Broxtowe Colliery	Index	Broxtowe Colliery

Broxtowe Colliery

Location:	Basford 4 miles [6 km] NW of Nottingham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 129 Nottingham and Loughborough) SK523429, 52° 58' 50" N, 1° 13' 15" W
Opened:	1894
Closed:	1929
Owners:	Babbington Coal Co.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Household.
	1910 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 261 (210 below, 51 surface)
	1896 - 377 (311 below, 66 surface)
	1900 - 196 (148 below, 48 surface)
	1905 - 151 (104 below, 47 surface)
	1910 - 173 (111 below, 62 surface)
	1923 - 446 (364 below, 82 surface)
Seams Worked:	1894 - Deep Soft
	1896 - Deep Soft
	1900 - Top Hard
	1905 - Top Hard
	1910 - Deep Hard, Top Hard
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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!

						Harris, William, 21 Jan 1915, aged 53, Dayman, Under holed coal which fell reeling out three sprags
						Hollyhead, John, 12 Jun 1908, aged 33, Dayman, Fall of coal. Deceased was preparing to set a holing (Top Hard Coal seam)
						Morley, Luke, 18 Jun 1901, aged 30, Loader, Deceased was breaking up coal which had fallen from the working face when a large piece rolled over and knocked a steel prop out, which struck deceased, and inflicted fatal injuries (Top Hard Coal)
						Poxon, William, 13 Aug 1902, aged 33, Stallman, Fall of coal while either removing the timber supporting it or cleaning up the under clay, when a slab of coal fell and crushed deceased (Top hard coal)
						Severn, Albert, 20 May 1906, (accident: Oct 1904), aged 20, Headman, Deceased was injured in the mine in October, 1904, and died one year and seven months later [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

						5 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 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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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
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 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