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Carley Hill Quarry (Limestone)

Location:	Sunderland 1½ miles [3 km] NNW of Sunderland
Map Ref:	(Sheet 88) NZ383598, 54° 55' 53" N, 1° 24' 8" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1900s - Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd.
Output:	1896 - Limestone.
	1897 - Limestone.
Employment:	1896 - 36 (28 below, 8 surface)
	1897 - 33 (29 below, 4 surface)

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!

						Turtle, Frederick, 10 Mar 1900, aged 18, Labourer, Deceased was engaged in removing the top clay, when a mass of it fell and covered him. An attempt had previously been made to bring this portion down. [Inspection made & inquest attended]

						1 name found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1896 List of Quarries
1897 List of Quarries
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977