	Loughbridge Drift	Index	Loughbridge Drift

Loughbridge Drift

Location:	Westerhope 6 miles [9 km] WNW of Newcastle
Map Ref:	(Sheet 88) NZ172686, 55° 0' 42" N, 1° 43' 52" W
Opened:
Closed:	22 Feb 1963
Owners:	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Employment:	1957 - 119 (89 below, 30 surface)
	1958 - 119 (89 below, 30 surface)
	1959 - 119 (89 below, 30 surface)
	1960 - 119 (89 below, 30 surface)
	1961 - 119 (89 below, 30 surface)

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!

						Cargill, J. W., 19 Jan 1960, aged 64, Salvage Worker, asphyxiation by styth

						1 name 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 Loughbridge Drift

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Loughbridge Drift

Credits

Sources:

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
1961 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Contributions from Ray Ditchburn from his research into mining fatalities in Northumberland