	Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery	Index	Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery

Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery

Location:

Walbottle
5 miles [8 km] WNW of Newcastle

Map Ref:

(Sheet 88) NZ175664, 54° 59' 31" N, 1° 43' 35" W

Maps:

1928 map from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide

1951 map from the Guide to the Coalfields (Colliery Guardian)

Opened:

1800

Closed:

27 Jan 1956

Owners:

1910s - Throckley Coal Co. Ltd.

1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)

Output:

1900 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing. Fireclay.

1902 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing.

1905 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing.

1910 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing.

1921 - Coal: Gas, Manufacturing.

1925 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1930 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1950 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1955 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

1956 - Coal: Coking, Gas, Household, Manufacturing, Steam.

Employment:

Year	Pit	Total	Below	Above
1900		41	10	31
1902		342	273	69
1905		429	355	74
1910		548	472	76
1915	Blucher	540	452	88
1921		631	512	119
1925		Closed 07/24
1930		413	334	79
1930		inc. Coronation
1940		183	152	31
1945		226	168	58
1950		306	232	74
1955		326	241	85
1956		326	241	85

NCB Employment Figures

Colliery Management (prior to 1970)

Seams Worked:

1905 - Brockwell, Main Coal

1910 - Brockwell, Main Coal, Stone Coal

1915 - Blucher - Main Coal, Stone Coal

1921 - Main Coal, Stone Coal

1925 - Brockwell, Hutton, Main, Stone, Tilley [Closed 07/24]

1930 - Brockwell, Hutton, Low Main, Main, Stone

1950 - Engine, Hodge, Main, Stone, Three Quarters, Tilley

1955 - Three Quarter, Tilley

1956 - Three Quarter, Tilley

Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery

Notes:

1934, 08 Mar - Hutton seam abandoned

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!

						Bell, George, 1915, [approximate date]
						Charlton, Edmund John, 21 Oct 1950, Foreman Joiner, he and others were working on either the pit cage or the pit shaft and, in order to carry out the job, they had to remove the cage from the shaft. The cage was placed adjacent to the shaft but apparently was not secured for whilst the men were working it unexpectedly moved, hit Mr. Charlton, and knocked him into the pit shaft. He fell over 400 feet to his death.
						James, John, 1917, [approximate date]
						Killen, J., 1919, [approximate date]
						Lawson, John, 1918, aged 15, [approximate date]
						Nixon, Matthew, 23 Sep 1908, aged 31, Hewer, fall of side stone at working place
						Oakes, William Henry, 22 Mar 1911, aged 27, Hewer, killed by a fall of stone
						Rigg, Anthony Dagg, 01 Apr 1952, died of a heart attack whilst hewing coal
						Robson, John William, 09 Feb 1911, aged 39, Deputy, struck by stone from shot
						Sewell, James, 1923, [approximate date]
						Watson, William, 1917, [approximate date]
						Wilson, Frederick Devereaux, 1919, [approximate date]

						12 names found

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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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Credits

Sources:

1900 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1902 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1905 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1908 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 4672), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1911 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 6237), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1915 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
1945 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1950 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1955 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
1956 Guide to the Coalfields published by the Colliery Guardian
Contributions by members of the Public

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