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Mouzell (Iron Ore) |
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Mouzell (Iron Ore)
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!
| | |  | |  | | Caldbeck, John Henry, 29 May 1882, aged 25, killed by a fall of side while widening a tramway |
| | |  | | | | Comthwaite, William, 28 Jul 1891, 1:00 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 22, Sinker, the "tophand" not having the "bogie" properly over the shaft, the kibble on being detached from the rope, fell down the pit striking deceased [Inspection made & inquest attended] |
| | |  | |  | | Dixon, Thomas, 05 May 1854, aged 25, fall of ore which dislocated his neck, left a widow and one child four months old |
| | |  | | | | Dunston, William, 23 Sep 1879, aged 20, Miner, skull fractured by loose pipe while ascending shaft |
| | |  | | | | Fearon, Henry, 07 Feb 1882, aged 26, Miner, knocked down lower portion of shaft by cage while crossing shaft at an upper eye |
| | |  | | | | Jones, Isaac, 05 Oct 1886, aged 45, Miner, crushed by descending cage; the deceased was engaged driving a rock drift, and was returning to a shot which had missed fire ; he had to cross the shaft foot, instead of doing so by the travelling way, he crossed the bottom of the shaft, when the descending cage caught him, and crushed him to death |
| | |  | | | | Redhead, Robert, 08 Oct 1873, aged 32, Iron Ore Miner, fall of iron ore from the roof of the level, when removed to his home, he was found to be badly crushed, one of thighs being broken and his bowels squeezed, he lingered until six at night, when he died |
| | |  | | | | Roberts, Joseph, 29 Oct 1886, aged 27, Miner, fell down a rise; the deceased and his partner were engaged driving a vertical rise, they were shifting their stage plank previous to firing, when the deceased, on reaching for a plank, fell down the rise, and was so injured that he died |
| | |  | |  | | Wilcock, William, 15 Dec 1860, aged 28, Miner, accidentally killed by a pick falling down the shaft |
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9 names found |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Mouzell (Iron Ore)
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Mouzell (Iron Ore)
Credits
Sources:
- 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Anglesey, Brecon, Cardigan, etc. District by T. Fanning Evans, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1879 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2604) Where to find this report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
- 1886 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5090) Where to find this report
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 1908 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
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