Kibblesworth Grange Drift

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Credits

Sources:

	Kibblesworth Grange Drift	Index	Kibblesworth Grange Drift

Location:

Kibblesworth
4½ miles [7 km] S of Newcastle

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ249564, 54° 54' 6" N, 1° 36' 42" W

Opened:

1914

Closed:

Dec 1932

Owners:

1910s - John Bowes & Partners Ltd.

Output:

1921 - Grange Drift - Coal: Gas, Household.

1925 - Grange Drift - Coal: Gas, Household.

1930 - Grange Drift - Coal: Gas, Household.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1915	Grange Drift	201	193	8
1921	Grange Drift	317	287	30
1925	Grange Drift	307	246	61
1930	Grange Drift	221	158	63

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1921 - Grange Drift - Five Quarter, Hutton, Low Main, Main Coal

1925 - Grange Drift - Five Quarter, Low Main, Main

1930 - Grange Drift - Main

None found.

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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Kibblesworth Grange Drift

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Kibblesworth Grange Drift

Cook, Joseph, 09 Mar 1931, aged 51, Deputy, on Monday night, 9th March, he was caught by a fall of stone and spent the next 20 to 30 minutes directing his own rescue operation. His rescuers had put timbers in and were on the point of releasing him when a second fall occurred and killed him

Johnson, Matthew William, 06 Jan 1927, of The Square, Kibblesworth

Smith, Elsdon, 21 Oct 1939, aged 15, killed by a steam hoist; residence: 26 Ashvale Avenue, Kibblesworth

Traill, Alfred Armstrong, 15 Sep 1936, aged 36, crushed to death by a fall of stone, he was a former county and English trail Rugby player

4 names found

1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Contributions by members of the Public
The Times Newspaper