	Melgramfitz Colliery	Index	Melgramfitz Colliery

Melgramfitz Colliery

Location:	Greysouthern 9 miles [15 km] NE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NY066300, 54° 39' 24" N, 3° 26' 48" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1860s - Fletcher & Co.
	1880's - West Cumberland Iron & Steel Co.
Output:	1882 - Coal. Fireclay.
Employment:	1883 - 0 [Standing]
	1884 - 0 [Standing]
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Melgramfitz Colliery

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!

						Clark, George, 14 Feb 1871, aged 36, Coal Hagger, crushed between ascending cage and eye of shaft, fracture of right ribs and left thigh, died the same day; address: Great Broughton [Inquest: 14 & 21 Feb 1871]
						Clark, John, 18 Aug 1865, aged 12, run over by tubs
						Halliday, Thomas, 02 Jan 1868, aged 33, Hewer, getting out of cage whilst in motion
						Keenan, Frederick, 24 Aug 1870, aged 19, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Moncrieff, William, 13 Feb 1877, aged 54, Hewer, killed by a fall of roof, Buried: St. Bridget's Churchyard, Brigham
						Roper, David, 28 Jan 1876, aged 30, Hewer, explosion of firedamp, Buried: St Bridgets' Churchyard, Grey Southern [More information ...]
						Souter, William, 27 Jan 1859, aged 26, Coal Miner, killed by a fall of roof
						Sutter, William, 28 Jan 1876, aged 18, Hewer, explosion of firedamp, Buried: St Bridgets' Churchyard, Grey Southern [More information ...]
						Tarltan, John, 01 Feb 1873, aged 50, Hewer, crushed by tubs
						White, Joseph, 28 Aug 1873, aged 79, Screenman, run over by a waggon

						10 names found

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more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Melgramfitz Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Melgramfitz Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Northumberland, North Durham and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1870 Mines Inspectors Report (C 456) Where to find this report
1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1877 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 2003), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
Headstone(s) in St Bridgets' Churchyard, Grey Southern
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
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