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Ratcheugh Quarry
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| Location: | Longhoughton 3 miles [5 km] ENE of Alnwick |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 81) NU230152, 55° 25' 49" N, 1° 38' 11" W |
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| Owners: | 1920s - Northumberland Whinstone Co. Ltd. |
| Output: | 1896 - Whinstone. |
| 1897 - Whinstone. | |
| 1905 - Whinstone. | |
| 1922 - Igneous rock. | |
| Employment: | 1896 - 111 (109 below, 2 surface) |
| 1897 - 120 (118 below, 2 surface) | |
| 1905 - 70 (45 below, 25 surface) | |
| 1922 - 49 (38 below, 11 surface) | |
| Notes: |  Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Ratcheugh Quarry |
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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!
 | Edgell, John, 20 Nov 1903, aged 34, Shot Firer, explosion of shot [More information ...] | |||||
| Weddell, Christopher, 1895, Labourer, he was taken ill with a fit and expired suddenly, it transpired that he had suffered for a considerable time from such seizures, and in consequence had been employed in safe places and at some simple occupation as a labourer [not classified as a reportable accident] | |||||
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ratcheugh Quarry
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Ratcheugh Quarry
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Credits
Sources:
- 1895 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8074), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1896 List of Quarries
- 1897 List of Quarries
- 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1905 List of Quarries
- 1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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