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Morpeth Moor Colliery
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| Location: | Morpeth 14½ miles [23 km] NNW of Newcastle |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 81) NZ208868, 55° 10' 31" N, 1° 40' 22" W |
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| Owners: | 1900s - Wansbeck Colliery Co. Ltd. |
| 1910s - Owners of Morpeth Moor Colliery | |
| Output: | 1910 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam. |
| Employment: | 1905 - 0 [Formerly Howburn. Re-opening Jan. 1906] |
| 1910 - 137 (103 below, 34 surface) | |
| 1915 - 156 (131 below, 25 surface) [Standing] | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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| Seams Worked: | 1910 - Bandy Seam |
| 1915 - Bandy Seam, Brockwell, Little Seam, Low Main, Old Man Seam [Standing] | |
| Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Morpeth Moor Colliery |
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| Notes: | 1909 - Old Man seam abandoned |
1917 - Low Main, Old Man, Little, Bandy, brockwell seams abandoned |
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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!
 | Orkney, Thomas, 04 Nov 1907, aged 46, Hewer [More information ...] | |||||
| Stephenson, Samuel, 15 Oct 1912, aged 39, Hewer, a large stone came away between a "jack" and a slip, from the roof in front of a gateway in the longwall workings | |||||
| Watson, Joseph, 20 Jun 1911, aged 18, Putter, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
| 3 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.
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next to the name to see the web page.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Morpeth Moor Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Morpeth Moor Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1907 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4045), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
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