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Hyde Lane Colliery
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| Location: | Hyde 6 miles [10 km] ESE of Manchester |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 109 Manchester) SJ942950, 53° 27' 5" N, 2° 5' 14" W |
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| Owners: | Hyde Lane Colliery Co., Ltd. |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal. |
| 1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 270 (223 below, 47 surface) |
| 1896 - 277 (233 below, 44 surface) | |
| 1900 - 296 (246 below, 50 surface) | |
| 1905 - 197 (156 below, 41 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Two Feet Mine, Black Mine |
| 1896 - Two Feet Mine, Black Mine | |
| 1900 - Black Mine, Peacock Mine, Third Mine | |
| 1905 - Black Mine, Peacock Mine, Third Mine | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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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!
 | Broadhurst, Samuel, 22 Feb 1901, aged 37, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. When drawing a prop out, in order to get dirt for packing the wall side of roadway, a fall of roof occurred upon him before he could clear himself | |||||
| Duckworth, Robert, 08 Jun 1905, aged 55, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. He was engaged at the face when a fall of roof occurred from a slip capping three props and fatally injuring deceased | |||||
| Harrison, George, 26 Dec 1904, (accident: 17 Dec 1904), aged 62, Labourer, Inspection made and inquest attended. He appeared to have slipped, and fallen off the House Coal bag stage, about five feet, to the ground floor. He succumbed to the injuries received at the Ashton Infirmary, December 26, 1904 | |||||
| Hibbet, William, 19 Jun 1902, aged 33, Banksman, Inspection made and inquest attended. Deceased got off the top of cage to a mouthing in the shaft to turn water for a pump, and when stepping back to top of cage he probably slipped, as nobody witnessed the accident, and he fell to the bottom of shaft, a distance of 90 yards, and was killed | |||||
| Hyde, William, 18 Aug 1899, (accident: 17 Aug 1899, 2.30 p.m.), aged 43, Collier, Trams got off rails while men were being lowered down engine dip. He jumped off, and was run over. Died 18th August | |||||
| Lomas, John, 13 Feb 1897, 5.50 a.m., aged 46, Collier, Crushed by cage being moved without a signal as he was getting in at the bottom of pit | |||||
| McGowan, George, 13 Jun 1899, 11.15 a.m., aged 22, Wagoner, Struck by hook of rope in jig dip. A full tub was turned into dip without the empty tub being unhooked | |||||
| Oldham, Thomas, 28 Nov 1901, aged 44, Collier, Inquiry made and inquest attended. A sudden weight came over the working place, causing the roof to give way to a slip capping six props, and fatally injuring the deceased. There had been a few props drawn from under the roof in the waste, which may have disturbed the roof at the face | |||||
| Sidall, William, 18 Dec 1902, aged 45, Collier, Inspection made and inquest attended. A fall of roof occurred in the roadway, and deceased and his son were about clearing it, when another fall occurred, owing to the roof weighing, which capped a bar and crushed deceased | |||||
| 9 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.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hyde Lane Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Hyde Lane Colliery
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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
- 1897 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8819), North Staffordshire District (No. 10) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), North Staffordshire District (No. 10) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Liverpool and North Wales District (No. 7) by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Liverpool and North Wales District (No. 7) by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Liverpool and North Wales District (No. 7) by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Liverpool and North Wales District (No. 7) by Henry Hall, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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