	Savile Colliery	Index	Savile Colliery

Savile Colliery

Location:	4½ miles [7 km] WNW of Wakefield
Map Ref:	(Sheet 104 Leeds and Bradford) SE260220, 53° 41' 39" N, 1° 36' 18" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	H. Briggs, Son and Co.
	Crawshaw and Warburton Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal: Household.
	1896 - Coal: Household.
	1900 - Coal: Household.
	1910 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household.
Employment:	1894 - 372 (313 below, 59 surface)
	1896 - 377 (315 below, 62 surface)
	1900 - 473 (398 below, 75 surface)
	1910 - 583 (426 below, 157 surface)
	1923 - 48 (43 below, 5 surface)
	1933 - 0 [inc. In Shawcross]
	1940 - 0 [inc. In Shawcross]
Seams Worked:	1910 - Haigh Moor, Rotten Row, Silkstone
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!

						Brierley, H., 23 Sep 1880, Collier, Fall of roof
						Limbert, -, 16 Jul 1889, He died on 16th July from pyaemia, but it was stated that he had received some injury to his thigh when at work in the Saville Colliery near Castleford more than six years previously [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]
						Mellor, John, 04 Nov 1871, Underviewer, Whilst being lowered down pumping shaft [More information ...]
						Nicholson, D., 30 Jul 1898, (accident: 22 Jul 1898), aged 61, Collier, Fall of roof. Died 30th July
						Sawyer, Atkinson, 03 Jan 1906, (accident: 22 Dec 1905), aged 56, Collier, Died in Leeds Infirmary from the effects of a strain received while levelling a flat sheet in the pit on December 22nd. He was using his pick as a lever, and placed his foot upon one end of the blade and was pulling at the shaft when it broke, and he fell back against a prop
						Shires, John, 14 Aug 1879, aged 17, Filler, Fall of coal
						Smith, W., 25 Aug 1899, aged 19, Engineman, Found between cylinder and drum of hauling engine. Not known how or why he got there. Machinery properly fenced
						Willoughby, W., 01 Feb 1881, aged 65, Screener, Fell from a waggon
						Woodcock, J., 06 May 1873, aged 22, Collier, Fall of roof
						Wooton, John, 17 Oct 1908, (accident: 13 Oct 1908), aged 74, Byeworkman, He was standing on a waterpipe by the side of an engine plane to allow a set of full tubs to pass him when his feet slipped on the iron pipe, and his right arm fell in front of the wheels of one of the tubs, and he was dragged about 20 yards. He was wearing clogs at the time, and this and his advanced age was the cause of his slipping. Died on the 17th

						10 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1873 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1056), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1889 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6015), Yorkshire and Lincolnshire District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, 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), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by Frank N. Wardell, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 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
1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), York and Lincoln District (No. 5) by W. H. Pickering, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 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
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
1937 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
1940 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