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Rogerley Quarry
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| Location: | Frosterley 16½ miles [26 km] W of Durham |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 92, OL42) NZ015377, 54° 44' 3" N, 1° 58' 36" W |
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| Owners: | ???? - Pease & Partners Ltd. |
| Output: | 1896 - Limestone. |
| 1897 - Limestone. | |
| 1905 - Limestone. | |
| 1922 - Limestone. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 111 (99 below, 12 surface) |
| 1897 - 116 | |
| 1905 - 167 | |
| 1922 - 52 (50 below, 2 surface) [Worked occasionally, or only for a short portion of the year 1922] |
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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!
 | Cave, Fred, 09 Jul 1914, aged 69, Borer, deceased was walking over a bridge or gearing used for conveying rubbish to the tip; in passing a tub at a place where the fencing was incomplete, he lost his footing and fell 41 feet, receiving fatal injuries; the accident revealed a breach of Quarry Special Rule 6, in regard to the fencing | |||||
| Lidford, George, 01 Sep 1914, aged 22, Quarryman, deceased had drilled a deep vertical hole and was engaged in firing a series of cracking shots; he fired three successfully but the fourth miss-fired; after the fifth, of which he had given due warning, he was found lying near the hole with his head badly injured; he had used blasting powder, and presumably, in lighting up, a spark had ignited powder lying outside the hole, or in fissures radiating from the hole | |||||
| Raisbeck, William, 13 Jun 1910, aged 57, Quarryman, struck on the head by a small stone projected by a shot [More information ...] | |||||
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more information on some of the fatalities shown above
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Rogerley Quarry
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Rogerley Quarry
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Credits
Sources:
- 1896 List of Quarries
- 1897 List of Quarries
- 1905 List of Quarries
- 1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Durham District (No. 3) by A. D. Nicholson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 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
- 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977
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