Parrock (Slate)

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Disasters (5 or more killed)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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	Parrock (Slate)	Index	Parrock (Slate)

Location:	Tilberthwaite 4½ miles [7 km] NE of Barrow-in-Furness
Map Ref:	(Sheet 96) SD245760, 54° 10' 27" N, 3° 9' 24" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1890s - Buttermere Green Slate Co. Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Slate.
	1896 - Slate.
	1900 - Slate.
	1902 - Slate.
	1905 - Slate.
	1905 - Roofing slate.
	1910 - Slate.
	1915 - Slate.
	1920 - Slate.
	1922 - Slate.
	1924 - Slate.
	1925 - Slate.
	1927 - Slate.
	1929 - Slate.
	1930 - Slate.
	Detailed Mineral Statistics for Parrock (Slate)
Employment:	1894 - 33 (16 below, 17 surface)
	1896 - 37 (12 below, 25 surface)
	1900 - 34 (16 below, 18 surface)
	1902 - 8
	1905 - 27 (10 below, 17 surface)
	1905 - 28 (10 below, 18 surface)
	1910 - 4
	1915 - 2
	1920 - 0 [Not worked]
	1922 - 20 (12 below, 8 surface)
	1924 - 5 (3 below, 2 surface)
	1925 - 4 (3 below, 1 surface)
	1927 - 3 (2 below, 1 surface)
	1929 - 4 (2 below, 2 surface)
	1930 - 0 [Not worked in 1930]

None found.

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Bond, John, 13 Apr 1898, aged 50, Quarryman, Immense fall of roof. Body not recovered till May 20 [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Phillipson, Edward, 15 Feb 1899, aged 35, Rockman, His lighted candle fell into a cask of gunpowder [Inspection made & inquest attended]

Wilson, John, 18 Nov 1914, aged 55, Foreman, a small engine driven by compressed air winds the loaded wagons up a short inclined plane; owing to a peculiar arrangement the wire haulage rope has to be unhooked from the drum after each wind; on the day of the accident the foreman, who had just arrived at the dip top, pushed over a wagon which he thought was ready; unfortunately the rope was not attached to the drum and the wagon ran amain; the foreman was caught by the rope and dashed violently against the rock, fracturing his skull

3 names found

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), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Quarries
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1920 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1927 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1929 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department