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  Earsdon Colliery  Index  Earsdon Colliery  
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Earsdon Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Earsdon
6 miles [10 km] NE of Newcastle
Map Ref: (Sheet 88) NZ310720, 55° 2' 29" N, 1° 30' 53" W
Maps: Map 1860s map detailed map from the Ordnance Survey
Map 1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
Opened:
Closed: 22 Jun 1934
Pits: A Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ310718, opened: 1826, sinking: 27 Feb 1826
Shaft  Shaft details for A Pit
Church Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ316722, opened: 1838, sinking: 28 Nov 1837
Shaft  Shaft details for Church Pit
Duke and Duchess Pit
Grange Pit, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ323718, sinking: 15 Aug 1874
Shaft  Shaft details for Grange Pit
Owners: 1890s - Owners of Backworth & West Cramlington Collieries
1910s - Backworth Collieries Ltd.
Output: 1894 - Coal: Steam.
1896 - Coal: Steam.
1900 - Coal: Steam.
1902 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay.
1905 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay.
1910 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay.
1915 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay.
1921 - Coal: Steam.
1923 - Coal: Steam. Fireclay.
1924 - Coal: Household, Steam.
1925 - Coal: Steam.
1927 - Coal: Household, Steam.
1929 - Coal: Household, Steam.
1930 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:
Year Pit  TotalScale Below Above
189435830454
189653348845
190056449371
190256747691
1905535417118
1910551427124
1915626451175
1921776589187
1923743618125
1924829628201
1925824618206
1927643510133
1929581443138
1930418301117
Manager  Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked: 1905 - Yard
1910 - Bensham, Low Main, Yard
1915 - Bensham, Low Main, Yard
1921 - Bensham, Low Main, Yard
1923 - Bensham, Low Main, Yard
1924 - Bensham, Low Main, Yard
1925 - Bensham, Low Main, Yard
1927 - Bensham, Low Main, Main, Yard
1929 - Bensham, Low Main, Main, Yard
1930 - Bensham, Low Main, Main, Yard
  Abandoned Seams  Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Earsdon Colliery
Notes:

1934, 22 Jun - Main or Metal, Yard, Bensham, Low Main, Five Quarter seams abandoned



  Description Summary Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Description


  Disasters Summary Description Names Local Collieries Credits  

Disasters (5 or more killed)

None Found


  Names Summary Description Disasters Local Collieries Credits  

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

In Memoriam
  Individal page   

Brown, George, 02 Nov 1832, aged 28, killed by a fall of stone from the roof, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon

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Butterly, John, 07 Dec 1832, aged 12, run over by wagons, Buried: St. Albans Churchyard, Earsdon

  Individal page NEIMME 

Dormond, -, 06 Jan 1838, aged 13, Gin driver, Thomas Dormonds' boy 13 years of age, driving the gin, at Earsdon sinking pit — killed by falling down the pit. Nobody saw him fall, so it is not known how it happened. The pit is 11 Fathoms deep and two men were working at the bottom, but he fortunately missed them in his fall (NEIMME Ref: Bud-48-8-16)

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Gibson, Thomas, 14 Sep 1899, (accident: 12 Sep 1899), aged 16, Belt Boy, The boy left his proper employment and, without any authority, set in motion a waggon under the screens, and before the waggon could be stopped he was crushed between it and another truck [Inquest attended]

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Hollan, Hezekiah, 13 Aug 1900, (accident: 19 Jul 1900), aged 27, Hewer, Supposed to have slightly cut his knee on some coal underground. He subsequently died of blood poisoning.

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Lowes, John, 30 May 1904, aged 54, Chargeman, killed by a fall of stone [More information ...]

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McLaren, John, 28 Jan 1914, (accident: 27 Jan 1914), aged 16, Pony Driver, deceased was driving two empty tubs inbye, on a road 12 feet wide and 4 feet 9 inches high, and was sitting in the first tub; the pony stumbled and fell, causing deceased to lurch forward, and also the front end of the tub to tilt upwards, causing the upper part of his chest to be crushed between the edge of the tub and the roof; he died the following day

 
  7 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 image, have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the image symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by the researchers at North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (N.E.I.M.M.E.) and are marked with image.

More information  more information on some of the fatalities shown above


  Local Collieries Summary Description Disasters Names Credits  

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Earsdon Colliery

Nearby Collieries  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Earsdon Colliery


  Credits Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries  

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
  • 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, 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), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 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
  • 1925 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
  • 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume C-E, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1881
  • Headstone(s) in St. Alban's Churchyard, Earsdon
  • Researchers at North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (N.E.I.M.M.E.)

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On this site
Newspaper articles Newspaper articles
Evidence given to the 1842 Children's Employment Commission Evidence given to the 1842 Children's Employment Commission

Further Reading:

  • Backworth - An Illustrated History of the Mines and Railways by John Elliott and Derek Charlton, published by Chilton Ironworks, 1994, ISBN 0-9523672-1-1

Further Research:

Goto Research Notes  Research Notes for Earsdon Colliery

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