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Unthank Colliery [NBL]
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| Location: | Berwick 3 miles [5 km] S of Berwick-upon-Tweed |
| Map Ref: | (Sheet 75) NT983482, 55° 43' 39" N, 2° 1' 33" W |
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| Owners: | 1830's - William Smith & Co. |
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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!
 |  | Harbottle, John, 09 Aug 1828, killed by falling stones in the pit [date of report] | ||||
| | Patterson, James, 27 Feb 1830, aged 31, hit by a falling stone in the pit and died six days later [date of report] | ||||
| Scoular, William, 30 May 1842, aged 42, Pitman, accidentally killed by rubbish falling in the shaft | |||||
| 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 web site have been kindly provided by
by the pupils of Longridge Towers School from their
course work on the Industrial Revolution and are marked with
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Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Unthank Colliery [NBL]
list of collieries/pits etc. near to Unthank Colliery [NBL]
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Credits
Sources:
- Contributed by the pupils of Longridge Towers School from their course work on the Industrial Revolution
- Pigot & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire. Published in 1834
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