	Harworth Colliery	Index	Harworth Colliery

Harworth Colliery

Location:	Harworth, nr. Bawtry 8 miles [13 km] SSE of Doncaster
Map Ref:	(Sheet 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SK625912, 53° 24' 51" N, 1° 3' 33" W
Opened:
Closed:
Sinking Started:	1919-24
Pits:	No. 1 Shaft
Owners:	Barber, Walker and Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1947 - Coal: Coking, Steam. (814,539 tons)
Employment:	1923 - 387 (125 below, 262 surface)
	1933 - 1,918 (1,656 below, 262 surface)
	1937 - 2,088 (1,695 below, 393 surface)
	1940 - 1,851 (1,444 below, 407 surface)
	1947 - 1,930 (1,527 below, 403 surface)
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Harworth, Nr. Bawtry: Most northerly pit in Notts, some workings under Yorkshire, sunk 1919-24, is 978 yds. deep; 1,400 men produce over 650,000 tons from Top Hard.

NCB Leaflet: Coal in North Nottinghamshire, published April 1967

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!

						Allcock, James, 20 Oct 1939, aged 45, Fall of roof
						Annable, William, 22 Aug 1947, (accident: 21 Aug 1947), aged 66, Fall of roof
						Ashurst, Thomas, 19 Mar 1936, aged 21, Fall of roof
						Ball, Alan, 17 Feb 1991, aged 23, Crushed by a minecar
						Benton, George Frederick, 04 Nov 1935, aged 19, Run over by tubs
						Blythe, George, 11 May 1933, aged 19, Crushed by the cage
						Boon, W., , aged 51, [details unknown]
						Bullivant, Charles Wilfred, 19 Jun 1946, aged 56, Run over by a locomotive on the surface
						Burns, Andrew, 09 Mar 1961, aged 56, Caught in machinery
						Burton, John, 25 Feb 1955, aged 44, Killed by a fall of roof
						Cape, M., , aged 73, [details unknown]
						Cauldwell, Kenneth, 20 Aug 1938, (accident: 06 Jul 1938), aged 24, Run over by tubs
						Chapman, Percy William, 01 Jan 1941, aged 54, Caught in machinery on the surface
						Childs, Alfred, 05 Apr 1940, aged 47, Fall of roof
						Clancey, P. J., , aged 44, Died from natural causes at the colliery. [details unknown]
						Cotton, Edgar, 02 Oct 1925, aged 31, Fall of roof
						Coxon, Leslie Burnip, 19 Nov 1932, (accident: 18 Nov 1932), aged 14, Run over by tubs
						Cupitt, J. L., , aged 61, Died from natural causes at the colliery. [details unknown]
						Dale, C., , aged 22, [details unknown]
						Darwin, F., , aged 25, [details unknown]
						Davies, Albert Willoughby, 11 Jan 1932, aged 22, Fall of roof
						Davies, George, 29 Sep 1937, aged 43, Fall of roof
						Davies, Idris C., 09 Sep 1935, aged 23, Coke Oven Worker, Explosion in the by-product works
						Dunning, G., , aged 43, [details unknown]
						Evans, Samuel, 28 Sep 1938, aged 34, Run over by a manrider
						Farrell, John Wilfred, 24 Feb 1938, aged 22, Crushed by tubs
						Fisher, Ernest, 11 Jul 1928, aged 15, [details unknown]
						Gill, James Robert, 04 Jan 1946, aged 44, Crushed by tubs
						Goodburn, Thomas, 29 Aug 1958, aged 35, Killed by a fall of roof
						Graham, Robert, 21 Oct 1945, (accident: 08 Oct 1945), aged 34, Run over by a manrider
						Grayson, George Edward, Mar 1932, aged 29, [details unknown]
						Grayson, H. J., , aged 42, [details unknown]
						Griffiths, Harold, 26 Feb 1932, (accident: 20 Feb 1932), aged 33, Caught in machinery
						Hall, Edward Blackburn, 29 Jul 1933, (accident: 27 Jun 1933), aged 50, Crushed by tubs, died from toxaemia
						Hancrammer, P., , aged 35, [details unknown]
						Hanman, T., , aged 47, Died from natural causes at the colliery. [details unknown]
						Harley, George, 14 Feb 1969, aged 64, Run over by tubs
						Hemmings, Vincent N. P., Mar 1956, aged 30, Fall of roof
						Higham, Albert G. C. V., 1928, aged 23, [details unknown]
						Houghton, Cyril Frederick, 17 Jan 1941, aged 32, Fall of roof
						Houlden, Samuel Frederick W., 12 Jan 1925, aged 38, Run over by tubs
						Hutchinson, Ernest, 16 Dec 1926, aged 43, Fall of coal
						Ives, Kenneth Aubrey, 13 Feb 1935, aged 20, Hit by a girder on the surface
						Jackson, P. G., , aged 42, Died from natural causes at the colliery. [details unknown]
						Jenkins, Herbert Brocklebank, 29 Oct 1938, aged 18, Caught in machinery
						Jukes, James Andrew, 06 Jan 1989, (accident: 05 Jan 1989), aged 24, Crushed by a minecar
						Land, John, 17 May 1965, aged 16, Crushed by tubs
						Lees, Arthur James, 17 Jul 1928, aged 24, Fall of roof
						Makepeace, G., , aged 45, [details unknown]
						Makin, A., , aged 44, [details unknown]
						Marshall, George, 31 Jul 1957, aged 54, Caught in machinery
						Martin, E., , aged 49, [details unknown]
						Martin, Frederick Winston, 03 Nov 1939, aged 27, Fall of roof
						McArdle, John, 07 Feb 1928, (accident: 06 Feb 1928), aged 23, Run over by tubs
						McCarthy, Robert, 04 Aug 1943, aged 43, Fall of roof
						Meakin, Francis, 04 Oct 1939, aged 15, Run over by tubs
						Millership, Elias, 30 Aug 1929, aged 60, Fall of roof
						Morris, K., , aged 46, [details unknown]
						Moseley, James, 13 Mar 1928, aged 19, Run over by tubs
						Moyle, James Gray, 21 Nov 1935, aged 50, Fall of roof
						Norgate, George Henry, 10 Apr 1935, (accident: 1932), aged 49, Fall of roof, died from pneumonia
						Platt, Charles, 20 Feb 1946, aged 62, Crushed by tubs
						Radford, Robert Arthur, 09 Jan 1935, aged 28, Fall of coal
						Renhard, Charles Cyril, 30 Jan 1951, aged 43, Fall of roof
						Rix, B. J., , aged 21, [details unknown]
						Roddy, William, 24 Dec 1925, aged 36, Fall of roof
						Smith, A. L., , aged 44, Died from natural causes at the colliery. [details unknown]
						Smith, H. R. M., , aged 52, Died from natural causes at the colliery. [details unknown]
						Smith, Ralph, 20 Apr 1928, (accident: 16 Apr 1928), aged 33, Fall of roof
						Smith, Thomas Alexander, 10 Oct 1933, (accident: 09 Oct 1933), aged 29, Fall of roof
						South, Leonard, 24 Dec 1925, aged 20, Fall of roof
						Spowart, George W. F., 1938, aged 31, [details unknown]
						Stanley, Charles, 26 May 1943, (accident: 19 May 1943), aged 48, Crushed by tubs on the surface
						Stanyard, Thomas Albert, 28 Oct 1940, (accident: 27 Oct 1940), aged 31, Fall of roof
						Steel, Albert Henry, 17 May 1961, aged 60, Run over by tubs
						Storey, G., , aged 39, [details unknown]
						Swindells, William, 06 Mar 1929, (accident: 06 Feb 1929), aged 40, Fall of roof
						Tobin, Patrick, 08 Sep 1933, aged 32, Fall of coal
						Turner, Owen, 12 Feb 1930, aged 15, Run over by tubs
						Walker, Percy, 10 Mar 1927, aged 17, Run over by tubs
						Ward, Albert Edward, 08 Jul 1937, (accident: 06 Jul 1937), aged 27, Fall of roof
						Welding, Arthur, 14 Oct 1936, (accident: 11 Oct 1936), aged 33, Fall of roof
						Wetherell, Richard Percy, 22 Mar 1927, (accident: 21 Mar 1927), aged 45, Fall of roof
						Whitehead, John Joseph, 18 Dec 1934, aged 18, Run over by tubs
						Whittaker, G. F., , aged 45, [details unknown]
						Wilkinson, Robert Spear, 16 Nov 1936, aged 45, Fall of coal
						Window, James, 03 Jun 1979, aged 58, Fell down the shaft
						Young, J. F., , aged 51, Died from natural causes at the colliery. [details unknown]

						88 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 , were killed in a disaster for which a memorial has been erected or for which we have images concerning the disaster, alternately their name may be mentioned on a memorial plaque. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the appropriate web page for the memorial.

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

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Credits

Sources:

1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1937 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
Harworth Colliery Memorial