	Don Pedro Colliery	Index	Don Pedro Colliery

Don Pedro Colliery

Location:	Normanton 5 miles [8 km] ENE of Wakefield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 105 York and Selby) SE404229, 53° 42' 4" N, 1° 23' 15" W
Opened:	1878
Closed:	1912
Owners:	H. Briggs, Son, and Co.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Coal: Household.
Employment:	1894 - 616 (514 below, 102 surface)
	1896 - 374 (288 below, 86 surface)
	1900 - 471 (367 below, 104 surface)
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!

						Boyce, A., 10 May 1901, aged 28, Sinker, When removing a temporary scaffold at mid inset the three last planks tilted, and Boyce fell to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 85 yards, and was killed
						Harmon, J., 27 Apr 1900, aged 28, Collier, Fall of roof
						Jubb, T., 18 Jun 1879, aged 14, Hurrier, Crushed by corves
						Mann, H., 14 May 1899, (accident: 08 May 1899), aged 14, Driver, Run over by tubs on inclined plane. Died 14th May
						Minthick, J., 13 Oct 1888, aged 25, Collier, Fall of coal
						Newton, David, 30 Dec 1880, aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof
						Reynolds, P., 14 Mar 1882, (accident: 21 Feb 1882), aged 38, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 14th Mar
						Slater, T., 26 Aug 1903, (accident: 25 Aug 1903), aged 64, Collier, Died 26th August. Fatally injured by a flake of coal, which he was pulling from the face, coming away more easily than anticipated
						Wright, James, 19 Dec 1904, aged 65, Cottier, When pulling down a piece of top coal from the face a "weight bump" forced off a large piece of the face, which caught and killed him

						9 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1888-05
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
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1900 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 536), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report