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  Hutton Henry Colliery  Index  Hutton Henry Colliery  
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Hutton Henry Colliery


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Location: Hutton Henry, nr. Wingate
9½ miles [15 km] ESE of Durham
Map Ref: (Sheet 93) NZ414367, 54° 43' 25" N, 1° 21' 26" W
Opened: 07 Apr 1876
Closed: 13 Nov 1897
Pits: Marley Pit, locn: (Sheet 93) NZ413368
Shaft  Shaft details for Marley Pit
Perseverance Pit, locn: (Sheet 93) NZ415366
Shaft  Shaft details for Perseverance Pit
Owners: 1880s - Hutton Henry Coal Co. Ltd.
Output: 1873 - Coal.
1888 - Coal.
1894 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
1896 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment: 1883 - 512
1894 - 1,152 (984 below, 168 surface)
1896 - 525 (432 below, 93 surface)
Manager  Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
  Abandoned Seams  Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Hutton Henry Colliery
Notes:

1897, 13 Nov - Hutton, Harvey, Busty seams abandoned - Minerals not being profitable to work

1898 - The Hartbushes Pit of the Hutton Henry Colliery was re-opened.



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Description

At Hutton Henry Colliery the first coals were drawn on April 7, 1876. It is now worked by the Hutton Henry Coal Company, Limited, who are working the following seams: the Hutton, 3 feet thick, at a depth of 115 fathoms ; the Harvey, 3 feet 6 inches, 137 fathoms ; and the Busty, 4 feet 4 inches. Large quantities of coal are made into coke on the spot. The average output is about 190,000 tons per annum, employing 1000 men and boys.

Whellan's 1894 Directory of County Durham


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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!

In Memoriam
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Bainbridge, Ralph Harrison, 18 Aug 1894, 12:45 p.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 26, Hewer, While coming out-bye on the main alley way a sudden fall of stone took place, Buried: Station Town Cemetery, Wingate

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Churnside, Thomas, 08 Sep 1892, 1:30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 15, Driver, Fall of stone on rolley way. Tubs got off the way and drew a prop

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Cleghorn, Jason, 20 Aug 1888, (accident: 02 Jul 1888), aged 20, Shifter, severe internal sprain by slipping while pushing a tub up a bank

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Curtis, Mark, 19 Jan 1875, aged 55, Labourer, buried in the shaft owing to the sides giving way - body not recovered [More information ...]

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Davison, William, 08 Jul 1894, (accident: 20 Sep 1892, 3:00 a.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 62, Stoneman, Died from the effects of an internal sprain received by lifting a tub while at work in the pit on the 20th September 1892 [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

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Elliot, Peter, 01 Mar 1889, aged 20, Driver, fell off his set and was run over by set of tubs

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Fairbairn, Robert, 17 Nov 1895, (accident: 11 Nov 1895, 7:00 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 24, Locomotive Fireman, he seems to have fallen on the lines before the set and to have been run over by twelve waggons and the locomotive; both legs were broken; died in hospital in 17th November

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Flynn, Thomas, 14 Jan 1892, 1:00 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 18, Putter, fall of large stone at turn while he was waiting of a tub being filled

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Gibbon, Samuel, 09 Mar 1888, aged 45, Labourer, run over by a locomotive engine while he was crossing the pit branches

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Gray, John, 06 Mar 1883, aged 49, Screener, died from natural causes while following his usual employment on the screens at Hutton Henry Colliery [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

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Hays, Joseph, 05 Aug 1895, 12:40 a.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 35, Deputy, while engaged renewing timber he drew out a prop, causing a fall of stone

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Martin, William, 02 Mar 1877, (accident: 22 Feb 1877), aged 35, Stoneman, injury to head and shoulders by fall of stone while resetting timber

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Naisbett, Joseph, 18 Apr 1890, aged 17, Driver, coming out-bye he fell before his pony and set of tubs and was run over (he had been working overtime)

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Patterson, William, 07 Sep 1875, aged 32, Charger & Graither, crushed by pumping quadrant

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Pender, Mark, 06 Jun 1894, (accident: 25 May 1894, 1:00 p.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 18, Banksman, Severe sprain causing rupture, while pushing a tub into tippler, resulting in his death on the 6th June

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Racey, Mark, 26 Dec 1893, 12:30 p.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 43, Hewer, Sudden fall of stone while working in a broken jud. He met with a breaker which could not be seen.

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Richardson, Ralph, 11 Dec 1890, aged 56, Labourer, while waiting for his lamp, after his day's work, he took a fit and died from heart disease [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]

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Robertson, Andrew, 08 Aug 1894, 3:50 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 21, Hewer, Fall of a stone from a breaker by the side of an old broken jud

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Roscoe, Joseph, 07 Apr 1889, (accident: 02 Apr 1889), aged 48, Hewer, along with four other men he was waiting at the shaft bottom to ride; a tub fell into the sump causing delay; the engine set came out and was run violently amongst them; this man had one leg broken, which was afterwards amputated [More information ...]

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Scholefield, James, 20 May 1885, aged 36, Hewer, died from embolic apoplexy; he received a sprain to his knee on 7th November last, he worked a few days after, then laid off work, and died today

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Stones, John, 31 Mar 1897, aged 19, Waggon Minder, When uncoupling two wagons, other two, which were standing behind him, moved away, and he was crushed between the buffers

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Symonds, William, 02 Oct 1888, (accident: 25 Sep 1888), aged 14, Helper Up, fractured skull and other injuries by a fall of stone

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Whittles, J., 15 May 1889, aged 62, Labourer, suicide by drowning in the pit pond

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Woodhouse, Thomas, 27 Feb 1894, (accident: 26 Feb 1894, 10:30 a.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 36, Hewer, Broken collar-bone and injury to chest by fall of coal while kirving his jud. Died on 27th instant. He had neglected to use sprags. [More information ...]

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Yates, Frederick, 06 Apr 1886, aged 41, Chock Drawer, fall of stone coming over a chock while drawing a jud

 
  25 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.

More information  more information on some of the fatalities shown above


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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hutton Henry Colliery

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


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Gallery Images:

Hutton Henry Colliery

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Credits

Sources:

  • 1873-4 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1875 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1499), Durham by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
  • 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Durham District by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1885 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4760) Where to find this report
  • 1886 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5090) Where to find this report
  • 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1893 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7339), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1894 Mines Inspectors Report (C 7667), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Durham District (No. 4) by Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
  • 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
  • Headstone(s) in Station Town Cemetery, Wingate
  • History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
  • 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
  • Victoria History of the Counties of England – Durham. Published in three volumes in 1907.

Pictures:

  • Picture from DMM Library

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