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Jubilee Colliery
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| Location: | Crompton, Oldham 10 miles [16 km] NE of Manchester |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 109 Manchester) SD944109, 53° 35' 40" N, 2° 5' 5" W |
| Opened: | |
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| Owners: | Platt Bros. and Co., Ltd. |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. |
| 1896 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Coking, Household, Manufacturing. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 167 (153 below, 14 surface) |
| 1896 - 172 (143 below, 29 surface) | |
| 1900 - 309 (255 below, 54 surface) | |
| 1905 - 232 (191 below, 41 surface) | |
| 1910 - 256 (204 below, 52 surface) | |
| 1915 - 175 (132 below, 43 surface) | |
| 1923 - 218 (130 below, 88 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Mountain |
| 1896 - Mountain | |
| 1900 - Mountain | |
| 1905 - Mountain | |
| 1910 - Mountain | |
| 1915 - Mountain | |
| 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!
 | Braddick, Herbert, 18 Jul 1911, aged 21, Dataller, Fall of roof. In airway, whilst repairing. From between a slip and a break. The roof sounded not good. Fall 6 feet 6 inches long, one prop only set, a foot from one end, ought to have had another prop under stone, two might have reasonably kept the stone up (Mountain seam) | |||||
| Coop, Thomas, 22 Aug 1901, aged 62, Hooker on, Fell from cage whilst ascending. Deceased had been accustomed for many years to occasionally clear out dirt from water rings in the shaft — usually alone. On this occasion it is believed he was going up the shaft in the cage for that purpose and fell out. There was absolutely no clue as to how he fell out or where he fell out. The cage was being raised very slowly, and was drawn to the top ; had not stopped in the shaft | |||||
|  | Evans, Royle, 21 Mar 1927, (accident: 01 Mar 1927), aged 41, Hewer, Injury to back by fall of roof. Died 21st | ||||
| Kershaw, W., 04 Mar 1855, A run with the capstan on the men working it being overpowered | |||||
| Longstaffe, John, 17 Oct 1898, aged 18, Drawer, Crushed by tub on inclined drawing road whilst in front contrary to rules | |||||
| Sandiford, Charles, 05 Mar 1889, aged 15, Drawer, Fatally overpowered on a slope by a tub containing about five and three quarters cwt. of coal, he having apparently gone in front to put scotches in the wheels. Inspection and inquiry | |||||
| Schofield, Robert, 07 Nov 1890, aged 54, Banksman, Killed by falling down the shaft from the tower landing at the surface, he followed a tub which he pushed in having apparently forgotten that he had lifted the fence and sent the cage up to the top landing | |||||
| Stead, William, 15 Mar 1871, (accident: 11 Mar 1871), aged 14, Waggoner, Burnt by firedamp ; died 15th [More information ...] | |||||
| Sutcliffe, Benjamin, 16 Jul 1897, aged 19, Collier, Fall of roof in working place from between break and slip known to be there. Large area unpropped | |||||
| Turner, J., 09 May 1855, Died in infirmary from a crush against a horse tree in coming up the pit | |||||
| 10 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 page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with .
The CMHRC is available here.
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 Jubilee Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Jubilee Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1855 Mines Inspectors Report, by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), North and East Lancashire, and Ireland District by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by Joseph Dickinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 6) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Manchester and Ireland District (No. 5) by John Gerrard, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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