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Heworth Burn Quarry
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| Location: | Heworth 2½ miles [4 km] SE of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 88) NZ284614, 54° 56' 48" N, 1° 33' 21" W |
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| Pits: | High Burn Quarry |
| Low Burn Quarry, locn: (Sheet 88) NZ285616 | |
| Owners: | 1920s - Tate, Brown & Co. |
| Output: | 1896 - Sandstone. |
| 1897 - Sandstone. | |
| 1905 - Sandstone. | |
| 1922 - Sandstone. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 43 (5 below, 38 surface) |
| 1897 - 45 (5 below, 40 surface) | |
| 1905 - 52 (8 below, 44 surface) | |
| 1922 - 28 (5 below, 23 surface) |
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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!
 | Hindmarsh, John Oliver, 02 Mar 1907, (accident: 01 Mar 1907), aged 31, Crane Driver [More information ...] | |||||
| Maddison, Joseph William, 08 Dec 1924, 2.30 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 45, Foreman [More information ...] | |||||
| Summers, Anthony, 21 Dec 1923, fell about 30 feet while quarrying stone | |||||
| Wannop, Thomas Edward, 21 Jun 1906, (accident: 19 Jun 1906), aged 47, Quarryman, A stone 6 feet by 3 feet by 2 feet had been dragged by a steam crane from its native bed and deposited on the base 6 feet by 2 feet some 25 yards away, on rails at one end and loose stone at the other, and a stronger chain had been put round it for lifting out of the quarry. The smaller chain was disconnected at one end and the craneman signalled to haul up the crane rope so as to pull it clear of the stone. When about 2 feet of the chain was pulled from under the stone some obstruction had occurred and the stone was tilted over and pinned deceased against another block. He was released in a few minutes but had received fatal injuries. | |||||
| 4 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.
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Heworth Burn Quarry
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Heworth Burn Quarry
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Credits
Sources:
- 1896 List of Quarries
- 1897 List of Quarries
- 1905 List of Quarries
- 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Northern Division (No. 2) by T. Greenland Davies, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
- Contributions by members of the Public
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