	Moor Row (Iron Ore)	Index	Moor Row (Iron Ore)

Moor Row (Iron Ore)

Location:	Moor Row, Carnforth
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Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1880s - Thomas Henry Dalzell
	1890s - Executors of Thomas Henry Dalzell
Output:	1882 - Iron Ore.
	1888 - Iron Ore.
	1890 - Iron Ore.
	1894 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1896 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1900 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1902 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1905 - Iron ore (red hematite).
	1910 - Iron ore (red hematite).
	1915 - Iron ore (red hematite).
	1921 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	1923 - Iron Ore (Red Hematite).
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Moor Row (Iron Ore)
Employment:	1894 - 39 (29 below, 10 surface)
	1896 - 39 (31 below, 8 surface)
	1900 - 47 (39 below, 8 surface)
	1902 - 47 (38 below, 9 surface)
	1905 - 53 (44 below, 9 surface)
	1910 - 45 (36 below, 9 surface)
	1915 - 31 (23 below, 8 surface)
	1921 - 36 (25 below, 11 surface)
	1923 - 4 [Suspended in 1921]
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

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!

						Daniels, Mark, 05 Aug 1878, aged 29, Miner, explosion of dynamite
						Ennis, Edward, 21 Dec 1903, aged 61, Miner, Deceased and other miners, including his step-son, started work about 6 a.m. in a solid place. About 10 a.m. he complained of feeling unwell and sat down to rest, and shortly afterwards fell over and died. He had been attended for some months by a doctor for heart disease. No inquest was held.
						Johnson, Matthew, 11 Jan 1888, aged 50, Miner, deceased on sounding the roof found it bad, but remarking to his mate "it will not come down yet" sat down underneath to smoke his pipe, the roof immediately fell and instantly killed him
						Lee, Felix, 05 Oct 1876, aged 40, Miner, he and his partner after firing two shots were pulling the metal down with crowbars, this released some timber the condition of which they had not observed, it having been loosened by shots, the timber fell on him
						Mitchell, Benjamin, 19 Jul 1870, aged 55, while engaged at his work, a portion of the roof fell in and crushed him to death instantaneously
						Pearson, Joseph, 09 Jul 1857, Machine

						6 names found

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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by The West Cumbria Mines Research and are marked with .

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1888 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5779), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, 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
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research