Lords (Slate)

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Credits

Sources:

	Lords (Slate)	Index	Lords (Slate)

Location:	Elterwater 14 miles [23 km] WNW of Kendal
Map Ref:	(Sheet 90) NY323048, 54° 26' 3" N, 3° 2' 34" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1880s - Elterwater Green Slate Co. Ltd.
	1930s - Buttermere Green Slate Quarries Ltd.
Output:	1882 - Slate.
	1883 - Slate.
	1884 - Slate.
	1888 - Slate.
	1890 - Slate.
	1894 - Green Slate.
	1896 - Green Slate.
	1900 - Green Slate.
	1902 - Green Slate.
	1905 - Green slate.
	1910 - Green slate.
	1929 - Slate.
	1930 - Slate.
	1935 - Slate.
	1950 - Slate.
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Lords (Slate)
Employment:	1894 - 36 (18 below, 18 surface)
	1896 - 46 (20 below, 26 surface)
	1900 - 40 (15 below, 25 surface)
	1902 - 35 (15 below, 20 surface)
	1905 - 29 (13 below, 16 surface)
	1910 - 0 [Not worked]
	1929 - 5 (3 below, 2 surface)
	1930 - 5 (2 below, 3 surface)
	1935 - 20 (6 below, 14 surface)

None found.

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

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.

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Lords (Slate)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Lords (Slate)

Greenhow, Thomas, 19 Aug 1904, (accident: 16 Aug 1904), aged 23, Labourer, A mass of rock fell from a back or slip on to these men, who were working below. Greenhow was killed on the spot. Hewitson sustained a serious cut on the leg and died on the 19th. A third man got a broken rib and flesh wound

Hewitson, James, 19 Aug 1904, (accident: 16 Aug 1904), aged 40, Quarryman, A mass of rock fell from a back or slip on to these men, who were working below. Greenhow was killed on the spot. Hewitson sustained a serious cut on the leg and died on the 19th. A third man got a broken rib and flesh wound

Stobbart, Fred, 25 Feb 1928, Quarryman, he was carrying out a blasting operation, after firing a charge he returned to the area, the ground gave way and he fell 60 ft. into the quarry below, he died instantly of a fractured skull

3 names found

1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, 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
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1935 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Contributions by members of the Public
Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
Mineral Statistics for 1884 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4430), published in 1885 — includes List of Mines and Openworks