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Rob Royd Colliery
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| Location: | Barnsley 1½ miles [3 km] SW of Barnsley |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 110 Sheffield and Huddersfield, 111 Sheffield and Doncaster) SE331043, 53° 32' 4" N, 1° 30' 2" W |
| Opened: | 1896 |
| Closed: | Aug 1935 |
| Owners: | Strafford Coal Co. |
| Strafford Collieries Co., Ltd. | |
| Output: | 1900 - Coal: Household, Steam. |
| 1905 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household. | |
| Employment: | 1900 - 397 (379 below, 18 surface) |
| 1905 - 560 (536 below, 24 surface) | |
| 1910 - 611 (586 below, 25 surface) | |
| 1915 - 507 (331 below, 176 surface) | |
| 1923 - 511 (364 below, 147 surface) | |
| 1933 - 434 (338 below, 96 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1905 - Silkstone |
| 1910 - Silkstone | |
| 1915 - Silkstone |
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Description
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Disasters (5 or more killed)
None found.
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Names of those killed at this colliery
Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!
 | Dickinson, Joseph Henry, 19 Mar 1906, aged 29, Collier, He was cutting out a prop in the goaf with his pick when a large stone fell from a slip in the roof and caused injuries of such a severe nature that he died the same day. It is probable that if the "dog and chain" had been used to draw the prop the accident would not have occurred | |||||
| Garaghty, James, 07 Dec 1904, aged 23, Collier, While ripping a gate road and building packs a fall of roof took place and killed him on the spot. The fall came from a slip and weight break, which could not be seen before the stone fell | |||||
| Turner, John William, 24 May 1924, (accident: 07 Jan 1924, 10.20 a.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 43, Deputy, He was walking down the face when he struck his head against a broken bar. He worked the shift out, but mentioned the matter to two of his mates and to the undermanager on the surface. He was sent to hospital, where he remained for 19 days, and was then at home for 16 weeks, when he was sent to the infirmary. He died on 24th May from cerebral haemorrhage caused bv the injury | |||||
| 3 names found | ||||||
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rob Royd Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rob Royd Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1906 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 3449), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. Walker, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 1924 Mines Inspectors Report, Yorkshire Division (No. 3) by H. M. Hudspeth, H.M. Inspector of Mines [DMM Ref: L-01624 - Tom Bainbridge Collection]
- 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
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