	Rowley Hall Colliery	Index	Rowley Hall Colliery

Rowley Hall Colliery

Location:	Rowley Regis 6 miles [10 km] W of Birmingham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 139 Birmingham and Wolverhampton) SO975875, 52° 29' 8" N, 2° 2' 10" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	W. Bassano and Co.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 152 (123 below, 29 surface)
	1896 - 209 (182 below, 27 surface)
	1900 - 177 (126 below, 51 surface)
	1910 - 66 (52 below, 14 surface)
	1915 - 0 [Discontinued Sept. 1913]
Seams Worked:	1905 - Thick
	1910 - Thick
	1915 - Thick [Discontinued Sept. 1913]
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!

						Ashfield, A., 09 Aug 1894, aged 40, Pikeman, Killed by afterdamp from an explosion of firedamp
						Ashman, William, 08 May 1899, aged 33, Pikeman, Suffocated by a fall of roof which displaced the timber
						Carter, Thomas, 23 Sep 1903, (accident: 14 Aug 1903, 10.0 a.m.), aged 51, Labourer, Back injured while he was assisting to lift a boiler plate into a cart. Died on 23rd September, from spinal meningitis, due to injury accelerated by disease of heart and liver
						Franks, William, 31 May 1888, aged 31, Bondsman, Fall of coal from roof of a thick coal stall [More information ...]
						Latham, A., 23 Oct 1868, aged 42, Charter master, Fall of overhanging coal in gate road, thick coal pit [More information ...]
						Mainwaring, James, 14 Sep 1911, aged 46, Pikeman, This accident occurred in a Thick Coal stall where the top measures only were being gotten. Deceased was getting up a piece of coal from the floor of the stall, when suddenly a large fall of the "top slipper" coal buried him. He was got out and taken to the hospital where he died on the same day. The fall came off at a slip at the front of the stall, and had a loose side at the back of stall ; at the ends it broke off at wooden cogs. A small nob of coal in the centre of the stall was much crushed by the sudden "weighting" which occurred
						Robinson, J., 02 Aug 1867, aged 17, Bandsman, Fall of coal from a slip in the gateroad of a thick coal pit
						Robinson, John, 31 May 1888, aged 31, Pikeman, Fall of coal from roof of a thick coal stall [More information ...]
						Round, Moses, 17 Oct 1898, aged 33, Roadman, Run over by loaded timber trolly on endless plane
						Tierney, George, 16 Jan 1881, aged 35, Engineman, Improperly stepping upon cage whilst motion
						Tromans, Edward, 22 Jul 1899, aged 42, Pikeman, Fall of coal and timber in a gateroad when repairing
						Walker, James, 27 Jun 1882, aged 50, Pikeman, Fatally injured this day by a sudden fall of coal which he was trying to pull down
						Waterhouse, J., 30 Jun 1867, (accident: 20 Jun 1867), Pikeman, Injured by fall of coal in thick coal pit 20th
						Whittall, James, 21 Feb 1902, 5.50 p.m., aged 46, Timberer, Fall of roof while repairing stall road. He was knocking out the leg under a low bar by means of a "bunter." This disturbed the timber under which he was standing, and caused a fall which killed him

						14 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1868 Mines Inspectors Report, South Staffordshire and Worcestershire District by James P. Baker, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), South Staffordshire District by James P. Baker, 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), South Staffordshire District (No. 11) by W. Beattie Scott, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), South Staffordshire District (No. 11) by W. Beattie Scott, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 1590), Stafford District (No. 9) by W. N. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Stafford District (No. 9) by W. N. 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
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Midland and Southern District (No. 8) by Hugh Johnstone, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department