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Threapthwaite Colliery

Location:	Threapthwaite 3 miles [5 km] ESE of Whitehaven
Map Ref:	(Sheet 89) NY017163, 54° 31' 59" N, 3° 31' 4" W
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Owners:	1860s - Threapthwaite Coal Co (Ainsworth, Hartley & Pew)
	1866, 06 Jan - Threapthwaite Coal Co (Ainsworth & Hartley)
Output:	1855 - Coal.
	1860 - Coal.
	1865 - Coal.
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Threapthwaite Colliery

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!

						Belton, Patrick, 30 May 1861, aged 17, he had been working a winch, when he let go the handle, which, in revolving, caught him a severe blow to the head, fracturing his skull. He was removed to the Infirmary, where he died the following day from compression of the brain
						Bradley, Patrick, 08 Aug 1854, aged 33, explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Campbell, James, 08 Aug 1854, aged 24, explosion of gas [More information ...]
						Cavanagh, James, 29 Nov 1869, aged 57, Overman, fell down the shaft
						Dowlan, Samuel, 24 Jun 1858, aged 21, Roof fall
						Dunn, Michael, 14 Nov 1856, aged 24, Roof fall
						Magee, Patrick, 22 Feb 1853, aged 35, Collier, a large stone fell on the deceased from the roof and inflicted such injuries upon him that he died immediately
						McBride, Robert, 24 Mar 1872, (accident: 21 Sep 1871), Coal Fall
						McCard, James, 14 Nov 1846, aged 43, Machinery
						Robinson, Adam, 11 Jul 1849, aged 17, severely burned by an explosion of fire-damp
						Rourke, Owen, 29 Nov 1855, aged 24, killed by a fall of stone
						Trotter, John, 28 Sep 1850, aged 13, Roof fall
						Wilson, John, 14 Nov 1787, killed by a fall of roof, residence: Frizington, left a wife and two young children
						Wiseman, William, 17 Dec 1862, aged 24, Collier, fall of roof [Inquest 20 Dec 1862]
						Young, Michael, 29 Nov 1847, aged 13

						15 names found

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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 web page have been kindly provided by The West Cumbria Mines Research and are marked with .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

The following unnamed fatalities are listed in the Mines Inspectors Reports, once again this collection is not complete!

Date							Inspectors Remarks
22 Feb 1853	–	–	–	1	–	1

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Threapthwaite Colliery

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Threapthwaite Colliery

Credits

Sources:

1869 Mines Inspectors Report (C 124), Northumberland, North Durham and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
Contributions by members of the Public
Information supplied by West Cumbria Mines Research
Mineral Statistics for 1855 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1860 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Mineral Statistics for 1865 (Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Practical Geology), compiled by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.