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Widdrington Colliery

Location:	Widdrington 11½ miles [18 km] SSE of Alnwick
Map Ref:	(Sheet 81) NZ239959, 55° 15' 24" N, 1° 37' 26" W
Opened:
Closed:
Pits:	Air Shaft, sinking: Mar 1869
	Shaft details for Air Shaft
	Isabella Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NZ237957
	Shaft details for Isabella Pit
	Sisters Pit, locn: (Sheet 81) NZ242958, sinking: 1873
	Shaft details for Sisters Pit
Owners:	1860s - William Barkus
	1880s - Widdrington Coal Co.
Output:	1855 - Coal.
	1860 - Coal.
	1865 - Coal.
	1882 - Coal.
	1883 - Coal.
	1888 - Coal.
	1890 - Coal.
	1894 - Coal: Steam.
	1896 - Coal: Steam.
	1900 - Coal: Steam.
	1902 - Coal: Steam.
	1905 - Coal: Steam.
	1910 - Coal: Steam.
Employment:	1894 - 255 (205 below, 50 surface)
	1896 - 242 (197 below, 45 surface)
	1900 - 223 (178 below, 45 surface)
	1902 - 218 (175 below, 43 surface)
	1905 - 227 (183 below, 44 surface)
	1910 - 116 (73 below, 43 surface)
	Colliery Management (prior to 1970)
Seams Worked:	1905 - Main Coal, Yard
	1910 - Five Quarter, Main Coal, Yard
	Catalogue of plans of abandoned mines for Widdrington Colliery
Notes:	1911 - Beaumont, Yard, Five Quarter, Main seams abandoned
	Miscellaneous Notes and Incidents for Widdrington 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!

						Anderson, Thomas, 26 Jun 1871, Labourer, caught by fly wheel of pumping engine
						Beal, James, 19 Dec 1876, (accident: 15 Dec 1876), aged 22, Deputy, explosion of gunpowder
						Brown, John, 12 May 1884, aged 38, Weighman, struck on head by horse, Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Widdrington
						Crawford, John, 1899, Shifter, He had been suffering from lung disease for some time, died suddenly in the pit, through the rupture of a blood vessel. The evidence tended to show that death was due to natural causes [fatality reported during the year but not classified as a reportable accident]
						Drysdale, Robert, 08 May 1882, aged 52, Hewer, fall of band stone
						Gibson, James, 22 Nov 1882, aged 35, Shifter, killed by a fall of stone from roof
						Hogg, George, 07 Oct 1891, 9:10 a.m., 3rd hour of shift, aged 58, Heap Keeper, he was lowering some empty waggons from under the screen to a new pit, and by some means was crushed [Inspection made]
						Kirkup, Robert, 13 May 1876, (accident: 05 May 1876), aged 25, Waggon Trimmer, crushed by a truck
						McGeary, Thomas Reuben Gibson, 24 Aug 1910, aged 18, Putter, killed by a fall of stone
						Patterson, Robert, 30 Sep 1870, aged 15, Pony Putter, crushed between tubs and prop
						Spowart, George Jr., 05 Nov 1898, aged 23, Hewer, He was engaged filling coals from a shot in the bottom part of the seam. without taking the precaution of setting timber, when a large piece of the intervening band stone fell. There was plenty of loose timber close at hand [Inspection made & inquest attended], Buried: Holy Trinity Churchyard, Widdrington

						11 names found

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1871 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 653), Northumberland, North Durham, and Cumberland District by George William Southern, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1876 Mines Inspectors Report (C. 1734), Newcastle-on-Tyne District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1880 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1881 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3241)
1882 Mines Inspectors Report (C 3621) Where to find this report
1884 Mines Inspectors Report (C 4429), Newcastle District by James Willis, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1891 Mines Inspectors Report (C 6625), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1898 Mines Inspectors Report (C 9264), Newcastle District (No. 3) by J. L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1899 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 134), Newcastle District (No. 3) by John L. Hedley, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
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
1910 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department
1910 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 5676), Newcastle District (No. 2) by J. B. Atkinson, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Supplement, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1910
An Account of the strata of Northumberland & Durham as proved by Borings & Sinkings, Volume U-Z, published by the North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers, 1897
Headstone(s) in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Widdrington
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.
Mineral Statistics for 1869 (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 1883 - Government report from the Mines Department (C 4058), published in 1884 — includes List of Mines and Mineral Works