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Shortwood Colliery

Location:	Pucklechurch, near Bristol 13½ miles [22 km] NNW of Radstock
Map Ref:	(Sheet 172 Bristol and Bath) ST681766, 51° 29' 15" N, 2° 27' 30" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	Shortwood Colliery Co., Ltd.
Output:	1894 - Coal.
	1896 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.
Employment:	1896 - 32 (27 below, 5 surface)
	1900 - 10 (8 below, 2 surface)
	1905 - 92 (78 below, 14 surface)
Seams Worked:	1894 - Hard
	1896 - Hard
	1900 - Hard
	1905 - Hard Vein
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!

						Bennett, Samuel, 21 Jan 1853, aged 33, fell down pit, engine wheels broke [More information ...]
						Buxton, T., 26 Nov 1858, aged 25, Banksman, Fell down shaft from surface [More information ...]
						Davis, William, 06 Dec 1852, aged 19, Collier, Drowned in shaft by water from old workings. No plans and no precautions (2 killed) [More information ...]
						Humphries, John, 03 Dec 1851, Sinker, Fell down shaft from stage
						Isles, John, 06 May 1853, aged 16, Collier, Fall of roof
						Rich, Job, 11 Jun 1855, aged 70, Collier, Fall of roof in road
						Rogers, Eli, 06 Dec 1852, aged 33, Collier, Drowned in shaft by water from old workings. No plans and no precautions. Left a wife and 2 children [More information ...]

						7 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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list of collieries/pits etc. near to Shortwood Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1852 (Jul-Dec) Mines Inspectors Report, by Herbert Mackworth, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
1853 (Jan-Jun) Mines Inspectors Report, by Herbert Mackworth, H.M. Inspector of Mines, published in 1854
1855 Mines Inspectors Report, by Herbert Mackworth, H.M. Inspector of Mines
1855 Mines Inspectors Report, by Herbert Mackworth, H.M. Inspector of Mines, includes a list of all the fatal accidents in the Southern District during the years 1851 to 1855
1858 Mines Inspectors Report, by Lionel Brough, 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
1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department