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Deckham Hall Colliery
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| Location: | Gateshead 1½ miles [2 km] SSE of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ260619, 54° 57' 4" N, 1° 35' 36" W |
| Opened: | |
| Closed: | Dec 1893 |
| Owners: | 1880s - J. Hopper & Co. |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal. |
| 1883 - Coal, Landsale. | |
| 1884 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1888 - Coal (Landsale). | |
| 1890 - Coal (Landsale). | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Deckham Hall Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1894 - Five Quarter, Six Quarter, Bensham, Yard seams abandoned - Not workable to a profit |
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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!
 | Alderson, John, 21 Aug 1874, aged 27, Sinker, explosion of shit while trying to drill it out | |||||
| Powell, William, 14 Jul 1888, (accident: 02 Jul 1888), aged 32, Stoneman, burnt by explosion of gas [More information ...] | |||||
| Ridley, John, 07 Dec 1885, aged 55, Hewer, fall of stone and coal | |||||
| Simpson, John, 07 Aug 1879, aged 48, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
| 4 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.
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next to the name to see the web page.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Deckham Hall Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Deckham Hall Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1874 Mines Inspectors Report (C 1216) Where to find this report
- 1879 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2604) Where to find this report
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760) Where to find this report
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
- Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks
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