	Longhirst Drift	Index	Longhirst Drift

Longhirst Drift

Location:	Longhirst, Morpeth 15 miles [24 km] SSE of Alnwick
Map Ref:	(Sheet 81) NZ244901, 55° 12' 16" N, 1° 37' 0" W
Opened:	1956
Closed:	15 Mar 1969
Owners:	1956 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1957 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1958 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1959 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1960 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1964 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1965 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1967 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1968 - Coal: Household, Steam.
	1969 - Coal: Household, Steam.
Employment:	1954 - 35 [Driving]
	1955 - 44 [Driving]
	1956 - 93 [Drift drivage]
	1957 - 240 (206 below, 34 surface)
	1958 - 238 (200 below, 38 surface)
	1959 - 357 (313 below, 44 surface)
	1960 - 357 (313 below, 44 surface)
	1964 - 573 (497 below, 76 surface)
	1965 - 573 (497 below, 76 surface)
	1967 - 573 (497 below, 76 surface)
	1968 - 573 (497 below, 76 surface)
	1969 - 549 (444 below, 105 surface) [inc. shared services]
Seams Worked:	1957 - Bentinck, Diamond, Five Quarter
	1958 - Bentinck, Diamond, Five Quarter
	1959 - Bentinck, Diamond, Five Quarter, Low Main
	1960 - Bentinck, Diamond, Five Quarter, Low Main
	1964 - Bentinck, Diamond, Five Quarter
	1965 - Bentinck, Diamond, Five Quarter
	1967 - Bentinck, Diamond, Five Quarter
	1968 - Bentinck, Diamond, Five Quarter
	1969 - Bentinck, Diamond, Five Quarter, Low Main

Description

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!

						Dodds, Thomas William, 16 May 1963, aged 60, Power Loader, crushed by machine
						Gradwell, William Hunter, 25 Oct 1966, aged 41, Faceworker, struck by machinery
						Scott, John George, 13 Sep 1967, aged 47, Cableman, killed by a fall of stone
						Seely, George Henry, 19 Aug 1964, aged 37, Coal Cutter, killed by a fall of stone
						Wallace, James Young, Oct 1960, aged 37, Power Loader, killed by a fall of stone

						5 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.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by Ray Ditchburn from his research into fatalities in Northumberland and are marked with .

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Longhirst Drift

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Longhirst Drift

Credits

Sources:

1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1956 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1957 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1958 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1959 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1960 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1964 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1965 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1967 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1968 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1969 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland