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South Benwell Colliery
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| Location: | Newcastle-on-Tyne |
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| Owners: | 1860s - Cochrane & Co. |
| Output: | 1865 - Coal. |
| 1882 - Coal. Fireclay. | |
| 1883 - Coal. Fireclay. | |
 Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
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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!
 | Charlton, George, 12 Sep 1878, aged 56, Sinker, cradle rope broke and deceased fell down shaft [More information ...] | |||||
| Douglass, Joseph, 12 Sep 1878, aged 35, Sinker, cradle rope broke and deceased fell down shaft [More information ...] | |||||
| Gibson, Jeffrey, 27 Feb 1883, (accident: 16 Feb 1883), aged 41, Sinker, fall of stone from side of staple; died from his injuries in Newcastle Infirmary | |||||
| Graham, Henry, 11 Mar 1890, 10:00 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 31, Hewer, killed by a blown out shot | |||||
| Hurst, Joseph, 05 Mar 1873, aged 18, Incline Lad, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
| McGwin, James, 27 Jan 1886, aged 26, Hewer, killed by a fall of coal | |||||
| Mitchell, George, 11 Jan 1890, (accident: 02 Jan 1890, 8:00 p.m., 1st hour of shift), aged 54, Shifter, killed by a fall of roof | |||||
| Oakes, Edmund, 23 Jun 1881, aged 37, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
| Parker, Hugh, 21 Aug 1886, aged 14, Driver, killed by a fall of coal and stone | |||||
| Ramsay, William Henry, 06 Jun 1913, aged 32, asphyxia owing to deficiency of oxygen brought about by the partial closing followed by the complete closing of the main oxygen supply valve on the breathing apparatus, Buried: Jesmond Old Cemetery [More information ...] | |||||
| Scott, John Thomas, 06 Nov 1896, aged 57, Shifter, The roof was very treacherous about this place, and deceased was told by the master shifter to take some stone down for the purpose of making a flat or landing. Although the roof appeared good at the time, a prop was set for safety, and when this had to be knocked out he stood close to it with a short hammer, instead of being some distance away, with a long pole or prop [Inspection made & inquest attended] | |||||
| Simpson, William, 04 Oct 1878, aged 48, Hewer, fall of saggar clay | |||||
| Whip, Peter, 07 May 1879, aged 43, Shifter, crushed between cage and shaft timber | |||||
| Williamson, George, 01 Aug 1868, aged 44, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone | |||||
| Williamson, John, 16 Nov 1880, aged 30, Hewer, explosion of firedamp | |||||
| Wilson, Henry, 08 Jun 1904, aged 22, Hewer, died (within an hour) from result of a shot fired into his working place by another hewer; he had been told to come out as the shot was going to be fired, but failed to do so [More information ...] | |||||
| 16 names found | ||||||
If you know of any fatalities missing from the above list then please contact us with the details and we will add them to our database.
Those names marked with ,
have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may
also include a photograph of the deceased.
Click on the symbol
next to the name to see the web page.
more information on some of the fatalities shown above
The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!
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| 12 Jul 1865 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | fall of roof |
| 29 Dec 1865 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | killed by choke damp, More information ... |
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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Credits
Sources:
- 1868 Mines Inspectors Report, Northumberland, North Durham and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines
- 1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1878 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2321), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1879 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2604) Where to find this report
- 1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1880 Mines Inspectors Report (C 2903) Where to find this report
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1883 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4078), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1886 Mines Inspectors Report (C 5090) Where to find this report
- 1890 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6346), Newcastle District (No. 3) by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- 1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
- Headstone(s) in Jesmond Cemetery
- Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1869 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
- Mineral Statistics for 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works
- The Times Newspaper
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