	South Normanton Colliery	Index	South Normanton Colliery

South Normanton Colliery

Location:	Alfreton 13 miles [21 km] NNW of Nottingham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 120 Mansfield and Worksop) SK461569, 53° 6' 25" N, 1° 18' 41" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	South Normanton Colliery Co.
	South Normanton Colliery Co., Ltd.
	1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output:	1894 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1915 - Coal: Manufacturing, Steam.
	1947 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing, Steam. (108,000 tons)
Employment:	1894 - 157 (114 below, 43 surface)
	1896 - 220 (173 below, 47 surface)
	1900 - 290 (230 below, 60 surface)
	1905 - 495 (407 below, 88 surface)
	1910 - 711 (584 below, 127 surface)
	1915 - 625 (490 below, 135 surface)
	1923 - 621 (478 below, 143 surface)
	1933 - 620 (490 below, 130 surface)
	1940 - 450 (360 below, 90 surface)
	1947 - 420 (318 below, 102 surface)
Seams Worked:	1894 - Top Hard
	1896 - Top Hard
	1900 - Dunsil, Top Hard, Waterloo
	1905 - Top Hard, Waterloo
	1910 - Top Hard, Waterloo
	1915 - Dunsil, Top Hard, Waterloo
Notes:	Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete!

Description

Disasters (5 or more killed)

15th

Feb

1937

8 lives lost (Show Names)

Names of those killed at this colliery

Please note that this collection of names is by no means complete!

						Clay, G. W., 07 Sep 1936, aged 26, he was fatally crushed by a two-ton hoist weight used in balancing the operations of the cage at the top of the shaft
						Edge, Walter, 04 Aug 1905, aged 45, Banksman, He was crushed between two railway wagons, the first of which ran into some standing wagons as deceased attempted to pass across the line
						Hill, Edwin Samuel, 15 Feb 1937, aged 19 [More information ...]
						Hill, Leonard, 09 Oct 1912, aged 15, Driver, He was killed by falling under a tub of coal whilst he was driving
						Kirk, Leonard, 04 Sep 1924, 2.0 p.m., 6th hour of shift, aged 27, Stallman, Deceased was at work at the face filling a tub and preparing the ground in readiness for setting a benk-bar, when a heavy piece of coal came away from two converging slips, broke down three bars and buried him. He was dead when liberated
						Lambert, Willis, 15 Feb 1937, aged 45 [More information ...]
						Leatherland, James, 16 Dec 1903, aged 42, Dataller, Fall of roof. Deceased was preparing the roof of a roadway to make room for a bar, when a large piece of roof fell and killed him. Another workman was injured (Top hard coal seam)
						Marriott, John, 15 Feb 1937, aged 38 [More information ...]
						Marriott, S., 29 Jun 1935, Miner, fell down the pit shaft, a distance of 546 ft., with an empty tub
						Polkey, George Edward, 20 Jun 1908, aged 19, Dataller, Repairs were being done in a roadway and girders erected. Deceased was preparing to assist in the loading of a tub, when the side of the roadway rolled over, and crushed him against the tub (Top Hard Coal seam)
						Pride, Frederick, 15 Feb 1937, aged 30 [More information ...]
						Rees, Everett, 15 Feb 1937, aged 54 [More information ...]
						Shaw, Noah, 01 May 1854, Suffocated by chokedamp [More information ...]
						Travis, Henry, 23 Oct 1896, aged 38, Loader, Fall of roof. Deceased was passing across the roadway of the stall to get some tools when a quantity of roof fell and killed him
						Vardy, John, 15 Feb 1937, aged 25 [More information ...]
						Willis, Henry, 15 Feb 1937, aged 59 [More information ...]

						16 names found

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Credits

Sources:

1854 Mines Inspectors Report, by Charles Morton, H.M. Inspector of Mines
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
1896 Mines Inspectors Report (C 8450), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2910), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Midland District (No. 8) by Arthur H. Stokes, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1912 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6983), Yorkshire and North Midland District (No. 4) by Thomas H. Mottram, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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, North Midland Division (No. 4) by J. R. Felton, 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
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
1947 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