	Norfolk Colliery	Index	Norfolk Colliery

Norfolk Colliery

Location:	Sheffield 5 miles [8 km] WNW of Rotherham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield, 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SK354974, 53° 28' 19" N, 1° 28' 0" W
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Owners:	Newton, Chambers and Co.
	Newton, Chambers and Co., Ltd.
Output:	1905 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household.
	1910 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household.
	1915 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household.
Employment:	1894 - 430 (388 below, 42 surface)
	1896 - 490 (431 below, 59 surface)
	1900 - 550 (460 below, 90 surface)
	1905 - 540 (424 below, 116 surface)
	1910 - 624 (480 below, 144 surface)
	1915 - 536 (416 below, 120 surface)
	1923 - 678 (550 below, 128 surface) [inc. Smithy Wood]
	1933 - 1,010 (850 below, 160 surface) [inc. Smithy Wood]
Seams Worked:	1905 - Silkstone (Top)
	1910 - Silkstone, Thin, Thorncliffe
	1915 - Parkgate, Silkstone, Thorncliffe, Thin
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

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!

						Beard, George, 30 Sep 1912, aged 55, Filler, He was walking down a ladder in Thorpe pumping pit to make some repairs to the sump, and slipped and fell 45 feet into the sump
						Cassidy, M., 15 Jul 1898, aged 19, Hurrier, Fall of roof
						Colton, E., 03 May 1901, aged 14, Rope boy, Entangled in a rope working a pump and dragged into the driving wheel
						Ellison, J., 09 Nov 1892, (accident: 21 Oct 1892, 4 a.m., 7th hour of shift), aged 20, Trammer, Fall of stone ; died 9th November
						Harris, William Charles, 11 Dec 1919, (accident: 24 Oct 1919), aged 40, Overman, Had a bump on head at ripping lip which cut his scalp. Continued to work but 4 days later wound reopened and it was again struck. Died of scepticemia 11th Dec
						Kilbride, John, 02 Mar 1883, aged 30, Collier, Fall of roof
						Parkin, Joseph, 06 Nov 1880, (accident: 05 Nov 1880), aged 49, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 6th Nov

						7 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. Click on the symbol next to the name to see the web page.

Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with . The CMHRC is available here.

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Credits

Sources:

1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1892 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6986), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, 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
1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1901 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1062), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, 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
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website