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Scaitcliffe Colliery
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| Location: | Accrington 18 miles [28 km] WSW of Bradford |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 103 Blackburn and Burnley) SD758283, 53° 45' 1" N, 2° 22' 1" W |
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| Owners: | George Hargreaves and Co. |
| Hargreaves Collieries Ltd. | |
| 1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.) | |
| Output: | 1894 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. |
| 1896 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1900 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1905 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1910 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1915 - Coal: Household, Manufacturing. | |
| 1947 - Coal: Coking, Household, Industrial. (62,000 tons) | |
| 1954 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Steam. | |
| Employment: | 1894 - 138 (128 below, 10 surface) |
| 1896 - 135 (119 below, 16 surface) | |
| 1900 - 142 (127 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1905 - 143 (126 below, 17 surface) | |
| 1910 - 147 (130 below, 17 surface) | |
| 1915 - 178 (152 below, 26 surface) | |
| 1923 - 218 (200 below, 18 surface) | |
| 1933 - 202 (187 below, 15 surface) | |
| 1940 - 287 (261 below, 26 surface) | |
| 1947 - 266 (233 below, 33 surface) | |
| 1954 - 163 (140 below, 23 surface) | |
| Seams Worked: | 1894 - Lower Mountain |
| 1896 - Lower Mountain | |
| 1900 - Lower Mountain | |
| 1905 - Lower Mountain | |
| 1910 - Lower Mountain | |
| 1915 - Lower Mountain | |
| 1954 - Lower Mountain | |
| Notes: | Current Status - Page under construction! and is far, far from complete! |
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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!
 |  | Armstrong, Albert, 01 May 1935, aged 32, Coalcutter, Prop moved from under bar and stone fell and killed him | ||||
| | Bamber, Edward, 19 Nov 1915, aged 14, Drawer, Dislocated neck by fall of roof | ||||
| Griffiths, Peter, 26 Jun 1874, aged 15, Wagoner, Stone falling from roof of a place only 37 inches wide where his father was working. Son of William | |||||
| 3 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.
Some of the names of mining fatalities on this page have been kindly provided by Ian Winstanley of the
Coal Mining History Resource Centre (CMHRC) and are marked with .
The CMHRC is available here.
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Scaitcliffe Colliery
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Scaitcliffe Colliery
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Credits
Sources:
- 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
- 1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
- 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
- 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
- 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
- OS Grid Reference from Adit Now website
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