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Craig Lea Colliery
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| Location: | Harperley 9½ miles [15 km] WSW of Durham |
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| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92) NZ137363, 54° 43' 20" N, 1° 47' 12" W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maps: |  1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide |
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| 1949 map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Closed: | Apr 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owners: | 1900s - Harperley Colliery Co. Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920s - New Harperley Collieries Ltd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Output: | 1910 - Coal: Household. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1915 - Coal: Household. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Coal: Household. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Coal: Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Coal: Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927 - Coal: Household, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seams Worked: | 1910 - Ballarat, Main Coal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1915 - Main Coal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921 - Main Coal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 - Main Coal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924 - Main Coal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1927 - Brockwell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1929 - Brockwell, Yard [Abandoned 4/29] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Craig Lea Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1914 - Ballarat seam abandoned |
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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!
 | Bainbridge, Thomas, 09 Feb 1921, aged 30, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof | |||||
| Hayes, Robert, 16 Apr 1907, aged 44, Hewer, he was hewing in the corner of his place, when a large cauldron bottom suddenly fell away, breaking the timber set to support it | |||||
|  | Lee, John Joseph, 01 Jun 1927, (accident: 30 May 1927), aged 36, he was badly injured by a fall of stone while hewing top coal, he died two days later in Durham County Hospital from injuries to his chest and internal haemorrhage | ||||
| Stobbs, Humphrey Greenwell, 16 Nov 1911, aged 14, Landing Lad, he was at the outbye end of his landing and rapped away a set of 20 full tubs by means of the rapper close to the landing points; after the set had travelled 80 yards the brakesman at bank thought something was wrong with the set so he stopped it and telephoned in; the waggonwayman proceeded inbye and found Stobbs under the second tub at a curve, and he had evidently been dragged to this point; he was conscious but he gave no account as to how he came into that position; everything was in order but how he came to be caught by the set it is difficult to say | |||||
| Tarn, Robert W., 16 Jul 1907, (accident: 29 Apr 1907), aged 17, Putter, struck by the shaft of an axle when helping to repair a tub | |||||
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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 web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Craig Lea Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Craig Lea Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
- 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Contributions by members of the Public
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