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Howard Colliery
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| Location: | Brampton Junction 11 miles [17 km] NW of Alston |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 86) NY603595, 54° 55' 45" N, 2° 37' 9" W |
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| Pits: | Howard Puming Shaft |
 Shaft details for Howard Puming Shaft |
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| Owners: | 1880s - Thompson & Sons |
| ~1914 - Naworth Coal Co. | |
| Output: | 1882 - Coal. |
| 1883 - Coal. | |
| 1888 - Coal. | |
| 1890 - Coal. | |
| 1894 - Coal: Household. | |
| 1915 - Coal. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 111 (88 below, 23 surface) |
| 1915 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface) [Re-opening] | |
| Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Howard Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1896 - Limestone Coal seam abandoned - coal exhausted |
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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!
 | Dodd, George William, 04 Oct 1880, aged 28, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal | |||||
| Hardy, Luke, 12 Jun 1891, 9:00 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 50, Hewer, fall of stone from the roof, which, on falling, knocked out a pair of gears which was set from 4 to 5 feet from the face [Inquest attended] | |||||
| Heslop, Robert, 27 Jul 1888, aged 35, Screener, crushed by waggons under the heapstead | |||||
| 3 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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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Howard Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Howard Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1880 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2903) Where to find this report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 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
- 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1894 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1918 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
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