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| Location: | Cleator Moor 2½ miles [4 km] SE of Whitehaven |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 89) NY010161, 54° 31' 50" N, 3° 31' 44" W |
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| Pits: | Hope Pit |
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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!
 |  | Bruce, William, 26 Oct 1866, aged 32, Roof Fall | ||||
| | Burns, Joseph, 04 Jul 1865, aged 11, Roof Fall | ||||
| | Cowie, David, 27 Jan 1862, aged 27, explosion [More information ...] | ||||
| | Cunningham, John, 08 Mar 1866, aged 21, Roof Fall | ||||
| | Grindale, William, 16 Dec 1864, aged 35, killed by a fall of stone | ||||
| | Hall, Thomas, 27 Jan 1862, aged 24, explosion [More information ...] | ||||
| | Napier, David, 16 Feb 1864, aged 56, suffocated by choke damp | ||||
| | Stubbs, Thomas, 03 Jun 1870, aged 28, Roof Fall | ||||
| Stubbs, Thomas, 30 May 1871, aged 28, Hewer, fall of fire clay | |||||
| | Todd, Daniel, 02 Apr 1863, aged 12, Trapper, cage accident | ||||
| | Wade, Charles, 23 May 1866, aged 58, Coal Fall | ||||
| 11 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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by
The West Cumbria Mines Research
and are marked with .
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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| 18 Jul 1862 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | explosion |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hope Pit (Coal)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Hope Pit (Coal)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
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