	Wingate Quarry (Limestone)	Index	Wingate Quarry (Limestone)

Wingate Quarry (Limestone)

Location:	nr. Trimdon 7 miles [11 km] ESE of Durham
Map Ref:	(Sheet 93) NZ373377, 54° 43' 58" N, 1° 25' 14" W
Opened:
Closed:
Owners:	1890s - Wingate Grange Limestone Co., Ltd.
	1920s - Wingate Limestone Co. Ltd.
Output:	1896 - Limestone.
	1897 - Limestone.
	1905 - Limestone.
	1922 - Limestone.
Employment:	1896 - 94 (83 below, 11 surface)
	1897 - 90
	1905 - 156 (115 below, 41 surface)
	1922 - 0 [Not worked during 1922]

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!

						Cuthbertson, Joseph, 30 Aug 1904, aged 27, Quarryman, a fall of stone came away from the top of the post, about 4 feet above him at a back, and knocked him down where he was working and killed
						Hayes, George Henry, 04 Aug 1914, aged 29, Quarryman, a shot of about 20 lbs. of gunpowder had been fired in a staple 21 feet deep and 8 feet diameter, and about one hour afterwards deceased went down to give a jowl to a drift approaching the staple; he was overcome by the fumes and was not got out until after an interval of 40 minutes; he was dead when got out [More information ...]
						Medd, Frank Newby, 14 Mar 1961, aged 50, Labourer, he was buried beneath a fall of fine limestone while trying to free a blockage in a chute and he was asphyxiated
						Shutt, John, 21 Aug 1913, (accident: 13 Aug 1913), aged 14, Flag Boy [More information ...]
						Wilson, John, 08 Jul 1914, (accident: 01 Jul 1914), aged 33, Barer, deceased was engaged in removing overburden which was 9 feet in thickness, and consisted of glacial drift (clay and sand); it was undercut about 1 foot 6 inches near the bottom; he was starting to load a tub when about 3 tons fell from the face partially burying him and crushing him against the tub; he received severe injuries to the chest and lungs, from which he died on July 8th

						5 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 site have been kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with .

more information on some of the fatalities shown above

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

a simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wingate Quarry (Limestone)

list of collieries/pits etc. near to Wingate Quarry (Limestone)

Credits

Sources:

1896 List of Quarries
1897 List of Quarries
1904 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2506), Durham District (No. 4) by R. Donald Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines Where to find this report
1905 List of Quarries
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
1922 List of Quarries - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
Industrial Locomotives of Durham by The Industrial Railway Society, compiled by Colin E. Mountford and L. G. Charlton, published in 1977
Text kindly provided by Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser and Durham Chronicle).