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  Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery  Index  Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery  
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Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery


  Summary Description Disasters Names Local Collieries Credits  

Location: Throckley
6½ miles [10 km] W of Newcastle
Map Ref: (Sheet 88) NZ154658, 54° 59' 12" N, 1° 45' 32" W
Maps: Map 1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)
Opened: 1869
Closed: 29 Jan 1954
Sinking Started: 25 Apr 1867
Pits: Shaft  Shaft details for Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery
Owners: 1867 - Throckley Coal Co.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
Output: 1950 - Coal: Bunker, Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
1954 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing.
Employment:
Year Pit  TotalScale Below Above
1945365256109
195026920267
19541277651
NCB  NCB Employment Figures
Manager  Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked: 1950 - Brockwell, Hodge, Main, Stone, Three Quarter, Tilley
1954 - Brockwell, Hodge, Stone, Three Quarter, Tilley
  Abandoned Seams  Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery
Notes:

1933, 29 May - Victoria seam abandoned

1934, 08 Mar - Engine or Beaumont or Towneley seam abandoned

1950 - Main seam discontinued



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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!

In Memoriam
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Brooks, Frederick, 20 Aug 1940, aged 33, killed by a fall of stone in the Tilley Seam East

  Individal page   

Carr, Thomas, 15 Sep 1947, aged 44, Buried: St. Michael and All Angels, Newburn

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Charlton, James, 13 Jun 1913, aged 37, Hewer, deceased was working near the gate end in a longwall place, when a fall of stone came away from two nearly parallel slips, 2 feet to 4 feet wide, between the edge of the canch and the coal face

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Cockburn, George, 01 Sep 1913, aged 20, Putter, whilst deceased was attaching his pony to a full tub, a hewer was attempting to set a prop which had been knocked out from underneath the face plank by an overcharged shot, when a stone about 9 feet wide, 7 feet long, and 15 inches thick, fell on to deceased; when deceased was released, he had his left arm round a prop, which possibly had been loosened by the flying coal from the shot and came out when he touched it in getting past the tub or in helping the pony to start

  Individal page   

Miller, Joseph, 12 Jan 1914, aged 49, Stoneman, Deceased was engaged getting down a canch in a drift. The master shifter had told him to get down a "side waver" because it was unsafe. Deceased tried to do so with a wedge, and failed. He afterwards went underneath to knock a prop out further inbye, when the stone fell and killed him. Deceased should have set a prop temporarily.

  Individal page   

Thompson, A. E., 1919, [approximate date]

  Individal page   

Tinnion, Porter, 24 Aug 1928, (accident: 21 Aug 1928), aged 33, died in the Royal Victoria Infirmary from injuries received after a stone fell from the roof and pinned him down ; residence: Sycamore Street, Throckley

 
  7 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 image, have a web page providing individual details of the accident, the page may also include a photograph of the deceased. Click on the image symbol next to the name to see the web page.


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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery Map  a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery

Nearby Collieries  list of collieries/pits etc. near to Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery


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Gallery Images:

Pumping engine View of mine

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Credits

Sources:

  • 1913 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 7439), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1914 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 8023), Northern Division (No. 2) by J. R. R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
  • 1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
  • 1954 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
  • An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume S-T, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1894
  • Contributions by members of the Public
  • Headstone(s) in St. Michael & All Angels Churchyard, Newburn

Pictures:

  • Colliery picture copyright © by Newcastle City Council

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Newspaper articles Newspaper articles
Pictures in the Gallery section for Throckley Isabella Colliery Pictures in the Gallery section for Throckley Isabella Colliery

Further Reading:

  • Collieries of Northumberland (Volume 1), James T. Tuck, 1993, TUPS Ltd., ISBN 1-871518-08-3
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