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Lydbrook Deep Level
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| Location: | Lydbrook 14½ miles [23 km] W of Gloucester |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 162 Gloucester and Forest of Dean) SO605154, 51° 50' 10" N, 2° 34' 21" W |
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| Owners: | R. Thomas and Co. |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal. |
| 1896 - Coal. | |
| 1900 - Deep Level - Coal. | |
| 1905 - Deep Level - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1910 - Deep Level - Coal: Steam. | |
| 1915 - Deep Level - Coal. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 148 (120 below, 28 surface) |
| 1896 - 134 (107 below, 27 surface) | |
| 1900 - Deep Level - 250 (212 below, 38 surface) | |
| 1905 - Deep Level - 398 (335 below, 63 surface) | |
| 1910 - Deep Level - 123 (104 below, 19 surface) | |
| 1915 - Deep Level - 22 (18 below, 4 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Coleford High Delf |
| 1896 - Coleford High Delf | |
| 1900 - Deep Level - Coleford High Delf | |
| 1905 - Deep Level - Coleford High Delf | |
| 1910 - Deep Level - Coleford High Delf |
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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!
 | Aston, Milsom, 30 Oct 1905, aged 54, Repairer, Fall of side where he and another were engaged ripping at a flat place in No. 2 Incline and where they had previously blasted. He was at the time barring down a small stone which proved to be the key to that which fell | |||||
| Jones, James, 13 Sep 1892, aged 62, Labourer, Part of a wooden gangway which he was engaged pulling down on the surface fell on him. In retreating from what he deemed the point of danger he actually walked into it | |||||
| Martin, Austin Frank, 01 Sep 1905, aged 23, Haulier, Austin Frank Martin, 23, haulier, died suddenly underground on the 1st September from heart disease when going to his work in the Lydbrook Colliery [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident] | |||||
| Ward, William, 26 Jun 1907, 3 p.m., 8th hour of shift, aged 40, Holer, Fall of roof on a road where they were engaged repairing and setting timber. It was apparently brought about by a sudden side weight or crush which knocked out several pairs of timbers. It occurred in a rise cross-measure drift where it had cut the seam of coal and where a pair of roads were being turned off it opposite to each other | |||||
| 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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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Lydbrook Deep Level
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Lydbrook Deep Level
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Southern District (No. 12) by Joseph S. Martin, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Southern District (No. 12) by Joseph S. Martin, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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